Acts 10:24-31

²⁴On the following day they came to Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them; he had called together his relatives and his close friends.

²⁵It came about that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet to worship him.

²⁶But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up! I too am a man.”

²⁷While Peter was talking with him, he went in and found many people gathered together.

²⁸He said to them, “You yourselves know that it is not lawful for a Jewish man to associate with or to visit someone from another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man defiled or unclean.

²⁹That is why I came without arguing, when I was sent for. So I ask you why you sent for me.”

³⁰Cornelius said, “Four days ago at this very hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house; and see, a man stood before me in bright clothing.

³¹He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard by God, and your gifts to the poor have reminded God about you.