Acts 10:12-24

¹²in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

¹³and there came a voice unto him: 'Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'

¹⁴And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

¹⁵and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

¹⁶and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

¹⁷And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

¹⁸and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

¹⁹And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

²⁰but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;'

²¹and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?'

²²And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

²³Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,

²⁴and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,