Acts 11:1-9 ▼

1 Now the apostles, and the brethren who were in Judaea, heard that the gentiles also received the word of God.

2 And, when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

3 saying, that he went in to men holding uncircumcision, and ate with them!

4 But Peter, beginning at the first , was explaining it to them in order, saying,

5 "I was in the city of Joppa, praying: and, in a trance, I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a large sheet, let down out of the heaven by four corners; and it came close to me:

6 into which gazing intently, I was considering, and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the birds of the heaven.

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

8 But I said, 'By no means, Lord; because a common or an unclean thing never entered into my mouth!'

9 But a voice answered a second time out of the heaven, 'What God cleansed, make not common.'