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.
29. Because of this and without doubt, I came when summoned. Therefore, I ask you, for what reason have you summoned me?"
30. And Cornelius said: "It is now the fourth day, to this very hour, since I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in a white vestment, and he said:
31. 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your almsgiving has been remembered in the sight of God.