Acts 10:1-16

1Now there was a man in 1Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was 2called the Italian 3cohort, 2a devout man and 4one who feared God with all his household, and 5made many charitable contributions to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. 3About 6the 7ninth hour of the day he clearly saw 8in a vision 9an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” 4And he 10looked at him intently and became terrified, and said, “What is it, lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and charitable gifts 11have ascended 12as a memorial offering before God. 5Now dispatch some men to 13Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter; 6he is staying with a tanner named 14Simon, whose house is by the sea.” 7When the angel who spoke to him left, he summoned two of his 15servants and a devout soldier from his personal attendants, 8and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to 16Joppa.

9On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, 17Peter went up on 18the 19housetop about 2021the sixth hour to pray. 10But he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were making preparations, he 22fell into a trance; 11and he saw 23the sky opened up, and an 24object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, 12and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and 25crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky. 13A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, 26kill and eat!” 14But Peter said, “By no means, 27Lord, for 28I have never eaten anything 29unholy and unclean.” 15Again a voice came to him a second time, “30What God has cleansed, no longer 31consider unholy.” 16This happened three times, and immediately the 32object was taken up into the sky.