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saying, "Thou wentest in to uncircumcised men and didst eat with them."
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But Peter reviewed the matter from the beginning and expounded it in order unto them, saying,
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. A certain vessel descended as though it had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even to me.
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And when I had fastened my eyes on it, I considered it and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things and fowls of the air.
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And I heard a voice saying unto me, `Arise, Peter; slay and eat.'
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But I said, `Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.'
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But the voice answered me again from heaven, `What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.'
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And this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
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And behold, immediately three men had already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
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And the Spirit bade me go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.
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And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said unto him, `Send men to Joppa and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter,