Acts 10:8
and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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- Ps 119:59-60 : 59 I consider my actions and follow your rules. 60 I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.
- 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 9:36 : 36 Peter Raises Dorcas Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha(which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.
- 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.”
- Acts 26:19 : 19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
- Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,
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- Acts 10:16-2510 verses82%
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.”
23So 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.
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 10:1-77 verses82%
1Peter Visits Cornelius Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
2He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.
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,
- Acts 10:29-335 verses80%
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 11:10-145 verses80%
10This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.
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,
14who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’
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9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
- Acts 11:4-52 verses77%
4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,
5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.
- Acts 12:10-112 verses75%
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.”
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27Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.
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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 9:38-392 verses72%
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 12:16-183 verses72%
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.
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14Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
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46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
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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.
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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.
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30When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
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44The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
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22A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
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42This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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7After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,“Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.
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21Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
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4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.