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In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles and birds,
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and a voice came to him which said, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat."
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"On no account, Lord," he replied; "for I have never yet eaten anything unholy and impure."
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Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."
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This was said three times, and immediately the sail was drawn up out of sight.
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While Peter was greatly perplexed as to the meaning of the vision which he had seen, just then the men sent by Cornelius, having by inquiry found out Simon's house,
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had come to the door and had called the servant, and were asking, "Is Simon, surnamed Peter, staying here?"
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And Peter was still earnestly thinking over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, "Three men are now inquiring for you.
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Rise, go down, and go with them without any misgivings; for it is I who have sent them to you."
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So Peter went down and said to the men, "I am the Simon you are inquiring for. What is the reason of your coming?"
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Their reply was, "Cornelius, a Captain, an upright and God-fearing man, of whom the whole Jewish nation speaks well, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and listen to what you have to say."