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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, '1WhatGod 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 2Caesarea.
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"3The Spirittold me to go with them 4withoutmisgivings. 5Thesesixbrethrenalsowent 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;
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and he will speak6words to you by which you will be saved, you and 7all your household.'
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"And as I began to speak, 8the HolySpiritfell upon them just9as He did upon us at the beginning.
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"And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, '10Johnbaptized with water, but you will be baptized with the HolySpirit.'
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"Thereforeif11Godgave to them the samegift as He gave to us also after believing in the LordJesusChrist, 12who was I that I couldstand in God'sway?"