Acts 11:1-9 ▼

1 The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.

2 When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him,

3 saying, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

4 Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying: “

5 I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

6 When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

7 Then I also heard a voice telling me, Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’”

8 No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

9 But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’”