Acts 11:1-9 ▼

1 Now the Apostles, and the brethren in various parts of Judaea, heard that the Gentiles also had received God's Message;

2 and, when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision found fault with him.

3 "You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."

4 Peter, however, explained the whole matter to them from the beginning.

5 "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me.

6 Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

7 I also heard a voice saying to me, "'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

8 "'On no account, Lord,' I replied, 'for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'

9 "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "'What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.'