Acts 11:4-17

4But Peter began and explained at length to them 1in an orderly sequence, saying,

5“2I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw 3a vision, an 4object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came to where I was,

6and I stared at it and was thinking about it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild animals, the 5crawling creatures, and the birds of the sky.

7I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; 6kill and eat.’

8But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing 7unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘8What God has cleansed, no longer 9consider unholy.’

10This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.

11And behold, at that moment three men who had been sent to me from 10Caesarea came up to the house where we were staying.

1211And the Spirit told me to go with them 12without 13misgivings. 14These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

13And he reported to us how he had seen the angel 15standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send some men to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here;

14and he will speak 16words to you by which you will be saved, you and 17all your household.’

15And as I began to speak, 18the Holy Spirit fell upon them just 19as He did upon us at the beginning.

16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘20John baptized with water, but you will be baptized 21with the Holy Spirit.’

17Therefore, if 22God gave them the same gift as He also gave to us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, 23who was I that I could 24stand in God’s way?”