Acts 10:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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:

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  • John 4:9 : 9 The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.
  • John 18:28 : 28 So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
  • Acts 10:14-15 : 14 But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean. 15 And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
  • Acts 10:34-35 : 34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
  • Acts 11:2-3 : 2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him, 3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.
  • Acts 11:9 : 9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
  • Acts 15:8-9 : 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us; 9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
  • Acts 22:21-22 : 21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles. 22 And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.
  • Gal 2:12-14 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways. 14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
  • Eph 3:6-7 : 6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, 7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.
  • John 4:27 : 27 At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

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  • Acts 10:29-30
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    29 And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

    30 And 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,

  • Acts 11:3-13
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    3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

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

    5 I 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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

    12 And 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:

    13 And 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 10:13-16
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    13 And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

    14 But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

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

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

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

  • Acts 10:21-24
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    21 And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

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

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

  • Acts 10:32-34
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    32 Send, 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.

    33 So, 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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  • Acts 21:25
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    5 Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

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    21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

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    17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

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    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.