but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defence to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.
Peter said to them, ‘You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person impure or unclean.
Cornelius replied, ‘Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me