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Acts 11:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa and get Simon, who is called Peter, "
Acts 11:13
Verse in Context
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11 Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
12 The Spirit told me to go with them without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.
13 He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa and get Simon, who is called Peter,
14 who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’
15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
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Acts 11:1
"Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God."
Acts 11:2
"When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,"
Acts 11:3
"saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”"
Acts 11:4
"But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,"
Acts 11:5
"“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me."
Acts 11:6
"When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky."
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