44:010:002 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house,
which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
44:010:003 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day
an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him,
Cornelius.
44:010:004 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is
it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are
come up for a memorial before God.
44:010:005 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose
surname is Peter:
44:010:006 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea
side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
44:010:007 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
44:010:008 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
44:010:009 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
44:010:010 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
44:010:011 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: