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saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"
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But Peter began and explained to them in order:
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.
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Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
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And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'
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But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
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But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.'
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This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
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At that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesare'a.
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And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brethren also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house.
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And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon called Peter;