Acts 10:1-4 ▼

1 Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,

2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the people and prayed to God continually.

3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had come in and said to him, “Cornelius!”

4 And looking intently on him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God.