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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.
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Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
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“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
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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.
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While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
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They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
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As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
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So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
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So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
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“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
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So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
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The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
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But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
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As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
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He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.