Acts 11:1-9 ▼

1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

2 When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,

3 saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

4 But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

6 When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

7 I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’

8 But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’