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But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.
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And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
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He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
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And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,
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and related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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And on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
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And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
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and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, [bound] by [the] four corners [and] let down to the earth;
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in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
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And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
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And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.