Acts 11:2-17

2And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,

3saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

4But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying:

5“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

6When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.

7And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’

8But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’

9But the voice answered me again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’

10Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

11At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

12Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.

13And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter,

14who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.’

15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.

16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

17If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”