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The emissaries and the brothers throughout Y'hudah heard that the Goyim had received the word of God;
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but when Kefa went up to Yerushalayim, the members of the Circumcision faction criticized him,
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saying, "You went into the homes of uncircumcised men and even ate with them!"
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In reply, Kefa began explaining in detail what had actually happened:
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"I was in the city of Yafo, praying; and in a trance I had a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came down to me.
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I looked inside and saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, crawling creatures and wild birds.
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Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Kefa, slaughter and eat!'
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I said, 'No, sir! Absolutely not! Nothing unclean or treif has ever entered my mouth!'
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But the voice spoke again from heaven: 'Stop treating as unclean what God has made clean.'