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And now send some men to Joppa for a certain man whose full name is Simon Peter.
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He is a guest in the home of a tanner of leather named Simon, who lives by the sea."
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Then the angel went away, and Cornelius called two of his house servants and a soldier, a religious man who was one of his personal attendants.
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He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
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The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa, Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.
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He became hungry and wanted something to eat; while the food was being prepared, he had a vision.
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He saw heaven opened and something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners to the earth.
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In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
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A voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"
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But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually unclean or defiled."
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The voice spoke to him again, "Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."