Acts 10:6-13

⁶who is staying at Simon the tanner's house down by the sea-shore.”

⁷When the angel who had spoken to him had left, Cornelius called in two of his house-servants and a soldier of his personal guard, a religious man.

⁸After he'd explained to them all that had happened he sent them to Joppa.

⁹The next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up onto the top of the house to pray. It was about noon,

¹⁰and he was getting hungry, wanting to eat. But while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance, and

¹¹he saw heaven opened. He saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet held by its four corners, being lowered onto the earth.

¹²Inside were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds.

¹³He heard a voice say, “Get up Peter, kill and eat!”