Acts 11:1-12 ▼

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

2 But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who emphasized circumcision disagreed with him.

3 They said, |You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!|

4 Then Peter began to explain to them point by point what had happened. He said,

5 |I was in the town of Joppa praying when in a trance I saw a vision: Something like a large linen sheet descended down from heaven, lowered by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

6 When I examined it closely, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

7 I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.'

8 But I replied, 'Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

9 Then the voice from heaven answered a second time, 'You must stop calling common what God has made clean!'

10 This happened three times. Then everything was pulled back up to heaven.

11 |At that very moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent to me from Caesarea.

12 The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers went with me, too, and we entered the house of the man from Caesarea.