Acts 11:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.”
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“He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;”
King James Version · Public Domain“and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 11:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 9:43And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
- Acts 10:3One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
- Acts 10:30Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
- Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
- Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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