Peter’s Vision
9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
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He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
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He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
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It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
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Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
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“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
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The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
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This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
Peter Called to Caesarea
17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
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They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
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As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
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So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
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So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
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“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
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So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.