Acts 10:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

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  • Acts 10:45 : 45 The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
  • Acts 11:12 : 12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
  • Gen 19:2-3 : 2 He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.” 3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.
  • Gen 24:31-32 : 31 Laban said to him,“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?” 32 So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.
  • Judg 19:19-21 : 19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.” 20 The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.” 21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Acts 9:38 : 38 Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him,“Come to us without delay.”
  • Acts 9:42 : 42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
  • Acts 10:29 : 29 Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”

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  • Acts 10:24-25
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    24The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

    25So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

  • Acts 10:3-9
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    3About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him,“Cornelius.”

    4Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

    5Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

    6This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

    7When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,

    8and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

    9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

  • Acts 10:16-22
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    16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

    17Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.

    18They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

    19While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him,“Look! Three men are looking for you.

    20But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

    21So Peter went down to the men and said,“Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

    22They said,“Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

  • Acts 11:11-13
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    11At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

    12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

    13He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,

  • Acts 10:29-33
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    29Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”

    30Cornelius replied,“Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me

    31and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

    32Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

    33Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”

  • Acts 10:27
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    27Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

  • Acts 12:16-18
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    16Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

    17He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said,“Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place.

    18At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

  • Acts 11:1-4
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    1Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

    2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

    3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

    4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

  • Acts 9:32
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    32Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

  • Acts 12:10-11
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    10After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

    11When Peter came to himself, he said,“Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

  • Acts 9:38-39
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    38Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him,“Come to us without delay.”

    39So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

  • Acts 10:46
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    46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

  • Luke 22:54-55
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    54Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.

    55When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

  • Acts 10:1
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    1Peter Visits Cornelius Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

  • Acts 9:43
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    43So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

  • Acts 10:13
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    13Then a voice said to him,“Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”

  • Acts 12:8
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    8The angel said to him,“Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. Then the angel said to him,“Put on your cloak and follow me.”

  • Acts 16:34
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    34The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

  • Luke 24:29
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    29but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.

  • Acts 23:32
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    32The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Luke 22:9
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    9They said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare it?”