Acts 10:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 10:5-6 : 5 Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter, 6 Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.
  • Acts 11:11 : 11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

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    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,

  • Acts 10:1-10
    10 verses
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    1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;

    2A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

    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.

    7And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

    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;

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    29And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

    30And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

    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.

    33So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

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    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.

    24And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

    25And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship.

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    11And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

    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;

    14Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

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    10And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

    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.

    12And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

    13And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.

    14And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

    15And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

    16But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

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

  • 38And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

  • 18Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

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

  • 43And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

  • 24Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?

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

  • 32And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

  • 16But Peter was kept outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was a friend of the high priest, came out and had a word with the girl who kept the door, and took Peter in.

  • 16To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;

  • 13And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

  • 24And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

  • 10And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.

  • 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.