Acts 10:4-14

4 And ¹fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms ²have ascended ³as a memorial before God.

5 "Now dispatch some men to ⁴Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter;

6 he is staying with a tanner named ⁵Simon, whose house is by the sea."

7 When the angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants,

8 and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to ⁶Joppa.

9 On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, ⁷Peter went up on ⁸the housetop about ⁹the sixth hour to pray.

10 But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while they were making preparations, he ¹⁰fell into a trance;

11 and he saw ¹¹the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

12 and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air.

13 A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!"

14 But Peter said, "By no means, ¹²Lord, for ¹³I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 3:4
• 2. Revelation 8:4
• 3. Matthew 26:13; Philippians 4:18; Hebrews 6:10
• 4. Acts 9:36
• 5. Acts 9:43
• 6. Acts 9:36
• 7. Acts 10:9-32; Acts 11:5-14
• 8. Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5; Matthew 24:17
• 9. Psalms 55:17; Acts 10:3
• 10. Acts 11:5; Acts 22:17
• 11. John 1:51
• 12. Matthew 8:2f; John 4:11f; Acts 9:5; Acts 22:8
• 13. Leviticus 11:20-25; Deuteronomy 14:4-20; Ezekiel 4:14; Daniel 1:8; Acts 10:28

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "deeds of charity"
• [b]. Or "household slaves"
• [c]. I.e. noon
• [d]. Or "heaven"
• [e]. Or "vessel"
• [f]. Or "reptiles"
• [g]. Or "heaven"
• [h]. Or "sacrifice"
• [i]. Or "profane;" lit "common"