Acts 10:9

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Acts 10:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

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Acts 10:8

He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

Acts 11:5

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

Acts 11:6

I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Acts 11:7

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

Acts 11:8

‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Acts 11:9

But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

Acts 11:10

This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

1 Samuel 9:25

And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.

Zephaniah 1:5

those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

Matthew 6:6

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Mark 1:35

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.

Mark 6:46

After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Acts 6:4

and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Psalms 55:17

Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Matthew 20:5

So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

Matthew 27:45

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.