Acts 10:10-20

10 But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while they were making preparations, he ¹fell into a trance;

11 and he saw ²the 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, ³Lord, for ⁴I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean."

15 Again a voice came to him a second time, "⁵What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy."

16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.

17 Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what ⁶the vision which he had seen might be, behold, ⁷the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon's house, appeared at the gate;

18 and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there.

19 While Peter was reflecting on ⁸the vision, ⁹the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you.

20 "But get up, go downstairs and ¹⁰accompany * them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 11:5; Acts 22:17
• 2. John 1:51
• 3. Matthew 8:2f; John 4:11f; Acts 9:5; Acts 22:8
• 4. Leviticus 11:20-25; Deuteronomy 14:4-20; Ezekiel 4:14; Daniel 1:8; Acts 10:28
• 5. Matthew 15:11; Mark 7:19; Romans 14:14; 1 Corinthians 10:25f; 1 Timothy 4:4; Titus 1:15
• 6. Acts 10:3
• 7. Acts 10:8
• 8. Acts 10:3
• 9. Acts 8:29
• 10. Acts 15:7-9

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "heaven"
• [b]. Or "vessel"
• [c]. Or "reptiles"
• [d]. Or "heaven"
• [e]. Or "sacrifice"
• [f]. Or "profane;" lit "common"
• [g]. Lit "make common"
• [h]. Or "vessel"
• [i]. Or "heaven"
• [j]. Lit "himself"
• [k]. One early ms reads "two"
• [l]. Lit "doubting nothing"