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The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that people who were not Jewish had accepted God's word.
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However, when Peter went to Jerusalem, the believers who insisted on circumcision began to argue with him.
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They said, "You went to visit men who were uncircumcised, and you even ate with them."
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Then Peter began to explain to them point by point what had happened. He said,
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"I was praying in the city of Joppa when I fell into a trance. I saw something like a large linen sheet being lowered by its four corners from the sky. The sheet came near me.
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I looked into the sheet very closely and saw tame animals, wild animals, reptiles, and birds.
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I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill these animals, and eat them.'
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"But I answered, 'I can't do that, Lord! I've never put anything impure or unclean into my mouth.'
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"A voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Don't say that the things which God has made clean are impure.'
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This happened three times. Then everything was pulled back into the sky again.
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"At that moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent from Caesarea to find me.