Acts 11:1-14 ▼

1 And the apostles & brethre that were in Iurie, hearde that ye heathe had also receaued the worde of God.

2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym,

3 Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng, and expounded it by order vnto them, saying:

5 I was in the citie of Ioppa praying, and in a traunce I sawe a vision, a certayne vessell descende, as it had ben a great sheete, let downe from heauen by the foure corners, and it came to me.

6 Upon the which whe I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, & sawe fourefooted beastes of the earth, and wylde beastes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre.

7 And I hearde a voyce, saying vnto me: aryse Peter, slay, and eate.

8 But I sayde, Not so Lorde: For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth.

9 But the voyce aunswered me agayne from heaue: Make them not comon which God hath cleansed.

10 And this was done three tymes: And all were taken vp agayne into heauen.

11 And beholde, immediatly there were three men, alredy come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me.

12 And the spirite sayde vnto me, that I shoulde go with the, without doubting. Moreouer, these sixe brethren accompanyed me, & we entred into the mans house:

13 And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and sayde vnto hym: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter:

14 He shal tell thee wordes, wherby both thou and all thyne house shalbe saued.