Acts 10:9–20 · BSB
10:9
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10:10
He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
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10:11
He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
10:12
It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
10:13
Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
10:14
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
10:15
The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
10:16
This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
10:17
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
10:18
They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
10:19
As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
10:20
So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
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