26. Peter, however, raised him up, saying, “Get up. I myself am also a human being.”
27. While he conversed with him, he went in and found many people gathered together
28. and said to them, “You know that it is unlawful for a Jewish man to associate with, or visit, a Gentile, but God has shown me that I should not call any person profane or unclean.
29. And that is why I came without objection when sent for. May I ask, then, why you summoned me?”
30. Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, three o’clock in the afternoon, I was at prayer in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling robes stood before me and said,
31. ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your almsgiving remembered before God.