Acts 11:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Acts 10:8-21
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    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,

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

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

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

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

  • Acts 11:8-10
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    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.

  • Acts 11:2-6
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    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.

    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.

  • 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.

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    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;

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

  • 14 But 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.

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

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

    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:

  • Acts 10:4-6
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    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,

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

  • Acts 12:7-8
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    7 And 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.

    8 Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.

  • 47 Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

  • 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.

  • Lev 11:2-3
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    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.

    3 You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

  • 21 These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

  • 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.

  • 11 All clean birds may be used for food.

  • 8 And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

  • 7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

  • 7 And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

  • 8 Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

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

  • 6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

  • 14 Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.