Acts 11:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 4:20 : 20 And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.
  • Acts 3:4 : 4 And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

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  • Acts 10:8-17
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    88%

    8 And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

    9 Now 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:

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

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

    12 In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

    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.

    17 Now 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 11:3-5
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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:

  • Acts 11:7-13
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    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;

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

  • 46 This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

  • Acts 10:3-5
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    3 He 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!

    4 And 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.

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

  • 17 And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

  • 6 After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.

  • Lev 11:41-42
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    41 Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.

    42 Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.

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

    28 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:

    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,

  • 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

  • Lev 11:20-21
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    20 Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;

    21 But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

  • 10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

  • 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

  • 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.

  • 17 Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

  • 11 And 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.

  • 6 And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

  • 10 So I went in and saw; and there every sort of living thing which goes flat on the earth, and unclean beasts, and all the images of the children of Israel, were pictured round about on the wall.

  • 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.

  • 4 And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

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

  • 5 And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.

  • 6 Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

  • 23 But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.

  • 11 And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.