Verse 12
Acts 10:12
New Living Translation
12
In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.
Original Language Text
greek
ἐν ᾧ ὑπῆρχεν πάντα τὰ τετράποδα ⸂καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ⸃ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
English Translation
In which there were all the four-footed animals and creeping things of the earth and birds of the sky.
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Chapter 10 Context
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In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regim...
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He was a devout, God (Elohim)-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to t...
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One afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God (Elohim) coming t...
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Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel. And the angel replied, “Yo...
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Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.
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He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”
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As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier,...
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He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
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The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray...
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and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
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He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.
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In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.
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Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”
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“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure a...
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But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God (Elohim) has made it clean.”
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The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.
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Peter was very perplexed. What could the vision mean? Just then the men sent by Cornelius found Simo...
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they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there.
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Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come...
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Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
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So Peter went down and said, “I’m the man you are looking for. Why have you come?”
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They said, “We were sent by Cornelius, a Roman officer. He is a devout and God (Elohim)-fearing man,...
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So Peter invited the men to stay for the night. The next day he went with them, accompanied by some...
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They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together h...
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As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him.
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But Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!”
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So they talked together and went inside, where many others were assembled.
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Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this...
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So I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. Now tell me why you sent for me.”
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Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o’clock in t...
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He told me, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been noticed by...
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Now send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon...
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So I sent for you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here, waiting before God (...
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Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God (Elohim) shows no favoritism.
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In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.
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This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel — that there is peace with God (Elohim) th...
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You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his messag...
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And you know that God (Elohim) anointed Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with pow...
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“And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to deat...
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but God (Elohim) raised him to life on the third day. Then God (Elohim) allowed him to appear,
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not to the general public, but to us whom God (Elohim) had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We...
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And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Yashua (Jesus) is the one appointed by Go...
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He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have t...
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Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the messa...
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The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poure...
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For they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God (Elohim). Then Peter asked,
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“Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we d...
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So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Yashua (Jesus) Christ. Afterward Cornelius...
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