Acts 11:5-14

5‘I was staying in a house in the city of Joppa. One day, when I was praying, I had a special dream. In this vision, I saw something that came down from heaven. It was like a large piece of cloth. Somebody held it at each of its four corners and let it come down to the ground next to me.

6I looked carefully at it. I saw that there were farm animals with four legs inside the cloth. There were also wild animals, snakes, and birds in it.

7Then I heard a voice that said to me, “Peter, stand up and kill some of these animals. Then you can cook them and eat the meat.”

8But I answered, “No, Lord, I would certainly not do that. I have never eaten an animal that our Law says is unclean.”

9Then the voice spoke to me from heaven again. It said, “God has made these animals good for people to eat. So you must not say that it is not right to eat them.”

10All this happened three times. After that, the cloth went back up into heaven again.

11At that moment, three men from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying. Someone had sent these men to find me.

12The Holy Spirit told me that I should go with them. He said that I should not be afraid. These six believers from Joppa also went with me to Caesarea. We all went into Cornelius's house.

13Then Cornelius told us what had happened to him. He had seen an angel who appeared in his house and said to him, “Send some men to Joppa to fetch a man who is called Simon Peter.

14He will come and speak to you. His message will tell you how God will save you and everyone else in your house.”