Acts 11:13

11 Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
KJV
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;
WEB
He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa and get Simon, who is called Peter,
ASV
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;
DARBY
and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying [to him], Send [men] to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
BLB
and he related to us how he saw the angel having stood in his house and having said, ‘Send forth to Joppa and send for Simon who is called Peter,
ÅB
Og han fortalte oss hvordan han hadde sett engelen som sto i hans hus og sa til ham: Send bud til Joppe og hent til deg Simon som kalles med tilnavn Peter!
OTB
Han fortalte oss hvordan han hadde sett en engel i sitt hus, som sa: ‘Send bud til Joppe etter Simon, som kalles Peter.
B1930
Og han fortalte oss hvorledes han hadde sett engelen som stod i hans hus og sa til ham: Send bud til Joppe og hent til dig Simon som kalles med tilnavn Peter!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 10:30–32

    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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  • 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.”

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  • Acts 9:43

    And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

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  • Acts 10:3–6

    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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  • Acts 12:11

    Then 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.”

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  • Hebrews 1:14

    Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

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