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10:9-23
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About
noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching
the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and
wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he
fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large
sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all
kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and
birds of the air.
Then a voice
told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." "Surely not,
Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure
or unclean." The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not
call anything impure that God has made clean."
This
happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to
heaven.
While Peter was wondering about
the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where
Simon's house was and stopped at the gate. They called out, asking
if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.
While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the
Spirit said to him, "Simon, three men are looking for you. So
get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I
have sent them."
Peter went down and said to the men, "I'm the one
you're looking for. Why have you come?" The men replied,
"We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous
and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A
holy angel told him to have you come to his house so that he could
hear what you have to say."
Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his
guests.
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