24. The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
25. When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.
26. But Peter helped him up and said, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”
27. While talking with him, he went on in and found that many had come together there.
28. Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.