Acts 11:1-9 ▼

1 In the mean time, the apostles, and the brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles had likewise receiv'd the word of God.

2 and when Peter was return'd to Jerusalem, the Jewish converts objected to his conduct,

3 and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised?

4 but Peter represented the whole affair to them,

5 saying, as I was at prayers in Joppa, I saw something like a great sheet, tied at the four corners, which descended from heaven, and came just to me.

6 as I was considering it very attentively, I saw several quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

7 then I heard a voice, which said, rise, Peter; kill and eat.

8 but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled.

9 but the voice from heaven address'd it self to me again, and said, don't call that impure, which God has purified.