Acts 10:9-16

9Around noon the next day, while Cornelius’ men were on their way and coming close to Joppa, Peter went on the roof to pray.

10He became hungry and wanted to eat. While the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

11He saw the sky open and something like a large linen sheet being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

12In the sheet were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds.

13A voice told him, “Get up, Peter! Kill these animals, and eat them.”

14Peter answered, “I can’t do that, Lord! I’ve never eaten anything that is impure or unclean.”

15A voice spoke to him a second time, “Don’t say that the things which God has made clean  are impure.”

16This happened three times. Then the sheet was quickly taken into the sky.