Acts 11:1-8

1 Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God.
2 But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.
3 “You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!” they said.
4 Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.
5 “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.
6 When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds.
7 And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’
8 “‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean. ’

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Greek brothers.
  • [b]. Greek those of the circumcision.
  • [c]. Greek of uncircumcised men.
  • [d]. Greek anything common or unclean.
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