Acts 11
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Acts 11:5-9

5“I was in the cityπόλειpoleiG4172of JoppaἸόππῃIoppēG2445prayingπροσευχόμενοςproseuchomenosG4336;and in a tranceἐκστάσειekstaseiG1611I sawG3708a visionὅραμαhoramaG3705, anobjectσκεῦόςskeuosG4632comingG2597downG2597likeὡςhōsG5613a greatμεγάληνmegalēnG3173sheetὀθόνηνothonēnG3607loweredκαθιεμένηνkathiemenēnG2524by fourτέσσαρσινtessarsinG5064cornersἀρχαῖςarchaisG746fromthe skyοὐρανοῦ,ouranouG3772;and it cameἦλθενēlthenG2064rightἄχριachriG891down to me,
6and when I had fixedG816my gazeG816on it and was observingκατενόουνkatenoounG2657itI sawG3708the four-footedG5074animalsG5074of the earthγῆςgēsG1093and the wildθηρίαthēriaG2342beastsG2342and thecrawlingG2062creaturesG2062and the birdsπετεινὰpeteinaG4071of theairοὐρανοῦ.ouranouG3772.
7I alsoG2532heardἤκουσαēkousaG191a voiceφωνῆςphōnēsG5456sayingλεγούσηςlegousēsG3004to me, ‘GetἀναστὰςanastasG450up, PeterΠέτρε,PetreG4074;killθῦσονthusonG2380and eatG2068.’
8But I saidG3004, ‘By noG3365meansG3365,Lordκύριε·kurieG2962,for nothingG3763unholyκοινὸνkoinonG2839orἢēG2228uncleanἀκάθαρτονakathartonG169has everG3763enteredεἰσῆλθενeisēlthenG1525my mouthστόμαstomaG4750.’
9But a voiceφωνὴphōnēG5456from heavenοὐρανοῦ·ouranouG3772answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithēG611a secondδευτέρουdeuterouG1208timeG1208, ‘WhatἃhaG3739GodθεὸςtheosG2316has cleansedἐκαθάρισεν,ekatharisenG2511,noμὴmēG3361longerconsiderκοίνου.koinouG2840unholyG2839.’
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