Acts 11:5–14

⁵“I was praying in the city of Joppa when I fell into a trance. I saw something like a large linen sheet being lowered by its four corners from the sky. The sheet came near me. ⁶I looked into the sheet very closely and saw tame animals, wild animals, reptiles, and birds. ⁷I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter! Kill these animals, and eat them.’ 

⁸“But I answered, ‘I can’t do that, Lord! I’ve never put anything impure or unclean^ainto my mouth.’ 

⁹“A voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Don’t say that the things which God has made clean^bare impure.’ ¹⁰This happened three times. Then everything was pulled back into the sky again. 

¹¹“At that moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent from Caesarea to find me. ¹²The Spirit told me to go with them without any hesitation. Six believers ⸤from Joppa⸥ went with me, and we visited Cornelius’ home. 

¹³“He told us that he had seen an angel standing in his home. The angel told him, ‘Send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man whose name is Simon Peter. ¹⁴He will give you a message that will save you and everyone in your home.’