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in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,
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and there came a voice unto him: `Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'
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And Peter said, `Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'
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and [there is] a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'
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and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.
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And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
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and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?
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And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, `Lo, three men do seek thee;
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but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;'
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and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, `Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what [is] the cause for which ye are present?'
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And they said, `Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'