Acts 10:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

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  • Jer 35:2-5 : 2 Go into the house of the Rechabites, and have talk with them, and take them into the house of the Lord, into one of the rooms, and give them wine. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and all the Rechabites; 4 And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door; 5 And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.
  • John 4:31-34 : 31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food. 32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge. 33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food? 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • Acts 10:10 : 10 And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;

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  • Acts 11:2-10
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    2And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

    3Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

    4But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

    5I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:

    6And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.

    7And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

    8But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

    9But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

    10And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

  • Acts 10:14-23
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    14But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

    15And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

    16And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.

    17Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

    18To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.

    19And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

    20Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.

    21And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

    22And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

    23So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

  • Acts 10:8-12
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    8And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

    9Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

    10And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;

    11And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

    12In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

  • Acts 10:31-32
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    31Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

    32Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

  • Acts 10:3-6
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    3He saw in a vision, clearly, at about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the Lord coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius!

    4And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

    5Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

    6Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

  • Acts 10:25-28
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    25And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship.

    26But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

    27And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

    28And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

  • Acts 11:12-13
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    12And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

    13And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

  • Acts 2:14
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    14But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Deut 14:20
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    20But all clean birds you may take.

  • Acts 12:7
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    7And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

  • Matt 14:28-29
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    28And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

    29And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

  • Acts 10:46
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    46And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

  • Lev 11:2
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    2Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

  • Deut 14:10-11
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    10But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

    11All clean birds may be used for food.

  • Acts 12:11
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    11And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.

  • 1 Cor 10:27
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    27If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

  • Acts 10:34
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    34Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;

  • Acts 10:44
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    44While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.