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he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.
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And when the angel that spake unto him was departed, he called two of his household-servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
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and having rehearsed all things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:
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and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;
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and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:
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wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
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And there came a voice to him,
Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
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But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
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And a voice [came] unto him again the second time,
What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
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And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven.