Acts 10:5-22

⁵And now sende men to Ioppa and call for one Simon named also Peter.

⁶He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose housse is by the see syde. He shall tell the what thou oughtest to doo.

⁷When the angell which spake vnto Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde servauntes and a devoute soudier of them that wayted on him

⁸and tolde them all the mater and sent them to Ioppa.

⁹On the morowe as they wet on their iorney and drewe nye vnto the cite Peter went vp into the toppe of the housse to praye aboute the .vi. houre.

¹⁰Then wexed he an hongred and wolde have eate. But whyll they made redy. He fell into a trauce

¹¹and sawe heven opened and a certayne vessell come doune vnto him as it had bene a greate shete knyt at the .iiii. corners and was let doune to the erth

¹²where in wer all maner of .iiii. foted beastes of the erth and vermen and wormes and foules of the ayer.

¹³And ther came a voyce to him: ryse Peter kyll and eate.

¹⁴But Peter sayde: God forbyd Lorde for I have never eaten eny thinge that is comen or vnclene.

¹⁵And the voyce spake vnto him agayne the seconde tyme: what God hath clensed that make thou not comen.

¹⁶This was done thryse and the vessell was receaved vp agayne into heven.

¹⁷Whyle Peter mused in him selfe what this vision which he had sene meant beholde the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquirance for Simons housse and stode before the dore.

¹⁸And called out won and axed whether Simon which was also called Peter were lodged there.

¹⁹Whyll Peter thought on this vision the sprete sayde vnto him: Beholde men seke the:

²⁰aryse therfore get the doune and goo with them and doute not. For I have sent them.

²¹Peter went doune to the men which were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde Beholde I am he whom ye seke what is the cause wherfore ye are come?

²²And they sayde vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iust man and won that feareth God and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the into his housse and to heare wordes of the.