Revelation 1:10

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Revelation 1:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

11 saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

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

Acts 10:11

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

Acts 10:12

It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

Acts 10:13

Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

Acts 10:14

“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

Acts 10:15

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

Acts 10:16

This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

Acts 10:17

While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

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They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.

Acts 10:19

As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

Acts 10:20

So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

Acts 10:21

So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

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 10:23

So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

Acts 10:24

The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

Acts 10:25

As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

Acts 10:26

But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

Acts 10:27

As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

Acts 10:29

So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

Acts 10:30

Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

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and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

Acts 10:32

Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

2 Corinthians 12:3

And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

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was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.

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It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

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Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

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Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Revelation 10:4

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

Revelation 10:5

Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

Revelation 10:6

And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

Revelation 10:7

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”

Revelation 10:8

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”