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Acts 10:5-11 Good News Bible (GNB)

5. And now send some men to Joppa for a certain man whose full name is Simon Peter.

6. He is a guest in the home of a tanner of leather named Simon, who lives by the sea.”

7. Then the angel went away, and Cornelius called two of his house servants and a soldier, a religious man who was one of his personal attendants.

8. He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.

9. The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa, Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.

10. He became hungry and wanted something to eat; while the food was being prepared, he had a vision.

11. He saw heaven opened and something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners to the earth.