Acts 10:7-15

⁷When the angel, who had spoken to him, had gone, Cornelius called two servants and a religious soldier, who was one of his constant attendants,

⁸and, after telling them the whole story, sent them to Jaffa.

⁹On the next day, while these men were on their way, just as they were nearing the town, Peter went up on the housetop about midday to pray.

¹⁰He became hungry and wanted something to eat; but while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance,

¹¹and saw that the heavens were open, and that something like a great sail was descending, let down by its four corners towards the earth.

¹²In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds.

¹³Then he was aware of a voice which said — “Stand up, Peter, kill something, and eat.”

¹⁴“No, Lord, I cannot,” answered Peter, “for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.”

¹⁵Again he was aware of a voice which said — “What God has pronounced clean, do not regard as defiled.”