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## Acts 10:5-8 in Context (Verses 2–11 KJV)
 
 [2 ](/kjv/acts/10/2) *A* devout *man*, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/acts/10/3) He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/acts/10/4) And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/acts/10/5) And now send men to Joppa, and call for *one* Simon, whose surname is Peter:
 
 [6 ](/kjv/acts/10/6) He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/acts/10/7) And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
 
 [8 ](/kjv/acts/10/8) And when he had declared all *these* things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/acts/10/9) ¶ On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
 
 [10 ](/kjv/acts/10/10) And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
 
 [11 ](/kjv/acts/10/11) And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
 
[Acts 9](/kjv/acts/9) [Acts 11](/kjv/acts/11)

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