24 And on the next day, he entered Caesarea. And truly, Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his family and closest friends.
25 And it happened that, when Peter had entered, Cornelius went to meet him. And falling before his feet, he reverenced.
26 Yet truly, Peter, lifting him up, said: 'Rise up, for I also am only a man.'
27 And speaking with him, he entered, and he found many who had gathered together.
28 And he said to them: 'You know how abominable it would be for a Jewish man to be joined with, or to be added to, a foreign people. But God has revealed to me to call no man common or unclean.
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