Acts 10:4-17

⁴And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

⁵Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

⁶Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

⁷And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

⁸And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

⁹Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

¹⁰And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;

¹¹And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

¹²In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

¹³And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

¹⁴But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

¹⁵And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

¹⁶And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.

¹⁷Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,