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And now send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter.
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He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, who has a house close to the sea."
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So when the angel who had been speaking to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier who was in constant attendance on him,
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and, after telling them everything, he sent them to Jaffa.
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The next day, while they were still on their journey and were getting near the town, about noon Peter went up on the house-top to pray.
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He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.
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The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.
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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."