Acts 11:1–18

¹And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God; ²and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him, ³saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them. ⁴But Peter began and set forth the matter to them in order, saying, ⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me: ⁶on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven. ⁷And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat. ⁸And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth. ⁹And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common. ¹⁰And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven; ¹¹and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea. ¹²And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man, ¹³and 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, ¹⁴who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house. ¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning. ¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God? ¹⁸And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.