Acts 11:1-15

¹Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

²And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

³saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

⁴But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,

⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:

⁶upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.

⁷And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

⁸But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

⁹But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

¹⁰And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Cæsarea unto me.

¹²And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren also accompanied me; and we entered into the man’s house:

¹³and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

¹⁴who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.