Acts 11:2-13

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

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

⁴But Peter rehearsed the matter to them in order from the beginning, saying,

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

⁶on which fixing my eyes, I observed, and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the air.

⁷And I also heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

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

⁹But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, That which God hath cleansed, call not thou common.

¹⁰And this was done three times; and all were again drawn up into heaven.

¹¹And lo! immediately there stood three men at the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

¹²And the Spirit bade me go with them. And these six brethren also came with me, and we entered the man's house.

¹³And he told us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, surnamed Peter;