Acts 11:5 Cross References - Moffatt

⁵ "I was in the town of Joppa at prayer," he said, "and in a trance I saw a vision — a vessel coming down like a huge sheet lowered from heaven by the four corners. It came down to me,

¹⁰ Now there was a disciple called Ananias in Damascus. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He said, "I am here, Lord."

⁹ Next day they were still on the road and not far from the town, when Peter went up to the roof of the house about noon to pray. ¹⁰ He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him. ¹¹ He saw heaven open and a vessel coming down, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners to the earth, ¹² which contained all quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth and wild birds. ¹³ A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat." ¹⁴ But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean." ¹⁵ A second time the voice came back to him, "What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common." ¹⁶ This happened three times; then the vessel was at once raised to heaven. ¹⁷ Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door ¹⁸ and called out to ask if Simon, surnamed Peter, was staying there. ¹⁹ So the Spirit said to Peter, who was pondering over the vision, "There are three men looking for you! ²⁰ Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them." ²¹ Then Peter went down to the men, saying, "I am the man you are looking for. What is your reason for coming?" ²² They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say." ²³ So he invited them in and entertained them. Next day he was up and off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa; ²⁴ and on the next day he reached Caesarea. [vs 24b transposed to follow vs 27] (For Cornelius had been expecting him and had called his kinsfolk and intimate friends together.) ²⁵ Peter was just going into the house when Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshipped him; ²⁶ but Peter raised him, saying, "Get up, I am only a man myself." ²⁷ Then talking to him he entered the house, to find a large company assembled. ²⁸ To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean, ²⁹ and so I have come without any demur when I was sent for. Now I want to know why you sent for me?" ³⁰ "Three days ago," said Cornelius, "at this very hour I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when a man stood before me in shining dress, ³¹ saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, your alms are remembered by God. ³² You must send to Joppa and summon Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon a tanner beside the sea.'

⁵ "I was in the town of Joppa at prayer," he said, "and in a trance I saw a vision — a vessel coming down like a huge sheet lowered from heaven by the four corners. It came down to me, ⁶ and when I looked steadily at it, I noted the quadrupeds of the earth, the wild beasts, the creeping things and the wild birds. ⁷ Also I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.' ⁸ I said, 'No, no, my Lord; nothing common or unclean has ever passed my lips.' ⁹ But a voice answered me for the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common.' ¹⁰ This happened three times, and then the whole thing was drawn back into heaven. ¹¹ At that very moment three men reached the house where I was living, sent to me from Caesarea. ¹² The Spirit told me to have no hesitation in accompanying them; these six brothers went with me as well, and we entered the man's house. ¹³ He related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is surnamed Peter; ¹⁴ he will tell you how you and all your household are to be saved.'

¹⁷ When I returned to Jerusalem, it happened that while I was praying in the temple I fell into a trance

¹ There is nothing to be gained by this sort of thing, but as I am obliged to boast, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. In the body or out of the body? That I do not know: God knows. ³ I simply know that in the body or out of the body (God knows which)