1. Now a certain ish in Caesarea by name Cornelius, a centurion from what was called the Italian cohort,
2. A devout man, a yire Elohim, as was all his bais, who practiced much tzedakah for the benefit of Am Yisroel, and davened to Hashem continually.
3. Cornelius clearly saw in a chazon (vision) lav davka (approximately) at the ninth hour of the day (three o'clock in the afternoon) a malach Hashem having come to him and having said to him, "Cornelius!" [TEHILLIM 55:17]
4. And having looked intently at him and having become afraid, Cornelius said, "What is it, Adon?" The malach said to him, "Your tefillos and your giving tzedakah have ascended as a zikaron (memorial) before Hashem. [TEHILLIM 20:3]
5. "Now dispatch some anashim to Yafo and send for a certain Shimon who is also called Kefa.
6. "This one is staying with a certain Shimon, a tanner, whose bais is by the sea."
7. And, when the malach speaking to him had departed, Cornelius summoned shnayim of his household avadim and a devout chaiyal (soldier) from among the ones in his service,
8. Having explained everything, sent them to Yafo.