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saying, "1You went to uncircumcisedmen and ate with them."
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But Peterbegan speaking and proceeded to explain to them 2in orderlysequence, saying,
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"3I was in the city of Joppapraying; and in a trance I saw4a vision, an objectcomingdownlike a greatsheetlowered by fourcorners from the sky; and it cameright down to me,
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and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footedanimals of the earth and the wildbeasts and the crawlingcreatures and the birds of the air.
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"I alsoheard a voicesaying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.'
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"But I said, 'By nomeans, Lord, for nothingunholyorunclean has everentered my mouth.'
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"But a voice from heavenanswered a secondtime, '5WhatGod has cleansed, no longer considerunholy.'
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"Thishappenedthreetimes, and everything was drawnback up into the sky.
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"And behold, at that momentthreemenappeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from 6Caesarea.
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"7The Spirittold me to go with them 8withoutmisgivings. 9Thesesixbrethrenalsowent with me and we entered the man'shouse.
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"And he reported to us how he had seen the angelstanding in his house, and saying, 'Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also calledPeter, broughthere;