Acts 11:1-9 ▼

1 And the apostles and brethren, those being in Judea, heard that the nations also received the word of God.

2 And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision discussed with him,

3 Saying, That thou camest in to men having uncircumcision, and didst eat With them.

4 And Peter having begun, set forth to them in order, saying,

5 I was in the city Joppa, praying: and in a deep trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descending as a great linen napkin, let down from heaven by four beginnings; and it came even to me:

6 Upon which having looked intently, I observed, and saw quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the flying things of heaven.

7 And I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, kill and eat.

8 And I said, By no means, Lord: for anything common or unclean never came into my month.

9 And a voice answered me of a second time from heaven, What God cleansed, profane not.