Peter's Vision
9 The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the housetop at about noon.
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Then he became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something he went into a visionary state.
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He saw heaven opened and an object coming down that resembled a large sheet being lowered to the earth by its four corners.
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In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.
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Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"
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"No, Lord!" Peter said. "For I have never eaten anything common and unclean!"
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Again, a second time, a voice said to him, "What God has made clean, you must not call common."
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This happened three times, and then the object was taken up into heaven.
Peter Visits Cornelius
17 While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon's house, stood at the gate.
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They called out, asking if Simon, who was also named Peter, was lodging there.