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A SEEKER FOB TRUTH 137 men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them." To Peter, this was a trying command, and it was with reluctance at every step that he undertook the duty laid upon him; but he dared not disobey. He * ''went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said. Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?" They told him of their singular errand, saying, ''Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. ' ' In obedience to the directions just received from God, the apostle promised to go with them. On the following morning he set out for Csesarea, accompanied by six of his brethren. These* were to be ■ witnesses of all that he should say or do while visiting the Gentiles; for Peter knew that he would be called to account for so direct a violation of the Jewish teachings. As Peter entered the house of the Gentile, Cornelius did not salute him as an ordinary visitor, but as one honored of Heaven, and sent to him by God. It is an Eastern custom to bow before a prince or other high dignitary, and for children to bow before their parents; but Cornelius, overwhelmed with reverence for the one sent by God to teach him, fell at the apostle's feet, and worshiped him. Peter was horror-stricken, and he lifted the centurion up, saying, "Stand up; I myself also am a man."