Acts 10:4–16

4 Staring at him in awe, he said, “What is it, Lord?”

The angel told him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.q 5 Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter. 6 He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”r

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him. 8 After explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

PETER’S VISION

9 Thes next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the rooft about noon.C 10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven openedu and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth. 12 In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky. 13 A voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat.”

14 “No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.”v

15 Again, a second time, the voice said to him, “What God has made clean, do not call impure.”w 16 This happened three times, and suddenly the object was taken up into heaven.