Acts 11:2-18

2And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, 12those who were circumcised took issue with him, 3saying, “3You 4went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4But Peter began speaking 5and proceeded to explain to them 6in orderly sequence, saying, 5“7I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw 8a vision, an 9object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from 10the sky; and it came right down to me, 6and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it 11I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the 12crawling creatures and the birds of the 13air. 7I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; 14kill and eat.’ 8But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing 15unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘16What God has cleansed, no longer 17consider unholy.’ 10This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into 18the sky. 11And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from 19Caesarea. 1220The Spirit told me to go with them 2122without misgivings. 23These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house. 13And he reported to us how he had seen the angel 24standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here; 14and he will speak 25words to you by which you will be saved, you and 26all your household.’ 15And as I began to speak, 27the Holy Spirit fell upon them just 28as He did upon us at the beginning. 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘29John baptized with water, but you will be baptized 30with the Holy Spirit.’ 17Therefore if 31God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, 32who was I that I could 33stand in God’s way?” 18When they heard this, they 34quieted down and 35glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the 36repentance that leads to life.”