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Acts 10:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside. "
Acts 10:6
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4 He, fastening his eyes on him and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
5 Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter.
6 He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.
8 Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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Acts 10:1
"Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,"
Acts 10:2
"a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God."
Acts 10:3
"At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius!”"
Acts 10:4
"He, fastening his eyes on him and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God."
Acts 10:5
"Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter."
Acts 10:7
"When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually."
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