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6 He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”
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He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7 As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of his personal attendants.
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When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants.
8 He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
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He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.
9 The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon,
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About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10 and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
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He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
11 He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.
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He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
12 In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.
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It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds.
13 Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”
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Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”
14 “No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. ”
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“Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
15 But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”
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The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
16 The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.
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This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
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