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Acts 10:13-27

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13Then a voice said to Peter, “Get up, Peter. Kill some of those animals and eat them.”
14But Peter said, “No, boss. I can’t do that. Our Jewish law says we can’t eat that kind of animal. They are no good, so I never eat any of them.”
15Then the voice said to Peter, “If God says that something is good, don’t say it is no good.”
16That happened 3 times. Each time that voice told Peter to eat one of those animals, and each time Peter said, “No,” and each time the voice said, “If God says that something is good, don’t say it is no good.” Then that sheet went back up into the sky.
17Peter sat there and thought, “What does this mean? What is God telling me?” While Peter was still trying to understand it, those 3 men from Cornelius walked into that town, Joppa. They asked people, “Where does Simon live, the leather worker man?” Then they stood outside at the gate of that house
18and asked, “Is Simon Peter here?”
19At that same time, Peter was thinking about what he just saw, and the Holy Spirit said to him, “Listen, 3 men are down at the gate. They are looking for you.
20So get up and go down to them. You see, I sent them to you, so just go with them. Don’t worry.”
21Peter went down and said to the men, “Hey, I’m the man you are looking for. Why did you come here?”
22They said, “Cornelius sent us. He is a boss in the Roman army. He is a good man and he respects God. All the Jews say he is a good man too. God sent one of his angel messengers to Cornelius and told him to ask you to come to his house and talk to him.”
23So Peter asked them to come in and stay there that night. The next morning Peter got up and went with those men. Some of the Joppa Christians went with him too. They had to camp one night along the road.
24The next day Cornelius called all his relatives and close friends to come to his house in Caesarea, and about 3 o’clock that day Peter and his mob came and found them waiting there.
25Peter started to go into the house, and Cornelius met him and got down on to his knees in front of Peter, to show him respect.
26But Peter lifted him up and said, “Stand up. I’m only a man, like you.”
27Peter kept talking with Cornelius, then they went into the house, and Peter saw a lot of people there.

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