24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was waiting for him, together with relatives and close friends that he had invited.
25 As Peter was about to go in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and bowed down before him.
26 But Peter made him rise. “Stand up,” he said; “I myself am only a man.”
27 Peter kept on talking to Cornelius as he went into the house, where he found many people gathered.
28 He said to them, “You yourselves know very well that a Jew is not allowed by his religion to visit or associate with Gentiles. But God has shown me that I must not consider any person ritually unclean or defiled.
29 And so when you sent for me, I came without any objection. I ask you, then, why did you send for me?”
30 Cornelius said, “It was about this time three days ago that I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man dressed in shining clothes stood in front of me