Acts 11:1-12 ▼

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

2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him,

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

4 But Peter began speaking and proceeded to explain to them in orderly sequence, saying,

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from heaven, and it came right down to me,

6 and when looking closely at it, I was observing it and saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the sky.

7 And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise up, Peter; slaughter and eat.’

8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing defiled or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9 But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.’

10 And this happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

11 And behold, immediately three men appeared at the house in which we were, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

12 And the Spirit told me to go with them without taking issue at all. These six brothers also went with me and we entered the man’s house.