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Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
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And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
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saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
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But Peter began, and expounded [the matter] unto them in order, saying,
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I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:
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upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
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And I heard also a voice saying unto me,
Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
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But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
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But a voice answered the second time out of heaven,
What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
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And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
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And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.