Acts 10:1-6 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius. He was a military man in charge of one hundred soldiers and belonged to the "battalion of Italy."

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius. He was [a military man] in charge of one hundred soldiers and belonged to the "battalion of Italy." ² He was very devoted [to his religious principles] and had great respect for God, along with the members of his household. He gave [money] liberally to poor people and prayed to God regularly. ³ About three o'clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been 9 AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] "Cornelius." ⁴ As he stared at [the angel] in fright, he asked, "What is it, Lord?" [Note: The word "Lord" here could also be translated "Sir," and its correct rendering depends on whether or not Cornelius understood the angel to be from God]. And the angel replied, "Your [continual] prayers and [generous] gifts to poor people have not gone unnoticed before God. ⁵ And now send men to Joppa to get Simon Peter; ⁶ he is staying with Simon, a tanner [of animal hides], whose house is close to the [Mediterranean] sea."