Acts 11:4-18

4But Peter began speaking 1and proceeded to explain to them 2in orderly sequence, saying, 5“3I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw 4a vision, an 5object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from 6the sky; and it came right down to me, 6and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it 7I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the 8crawling creatures and the birds of the 9air. 7I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; 10kill and eat.’ 8But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing 11unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘12What God has cleansed, no longer 13consider unholy.’ 10This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into 14the sky. 11And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from 15Caesarea. 1216The Spirit told me to go with them 1718without misgivings. 19These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house. 13And he reported to us how he had seen the angel 20standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here; 14and he will speak 21words to you by which you will be saved, you and 22all your household.’ 15And as I began to speak, 23the Holy Spirit fell upon them just 24as He did upon us at the beginning. 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘25John baptized with water, but you will be baptized 26with the Holy Spirit.’ 17Therefore if 27God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, 28who was I that I could 29stand in God’s way?” 18When they heard this, they 30quieted down and 31glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the 32repentance that leads to life.”