4. And he, gazing intently at him, became frightened and said, What is it, Lord? And the angel said to him, Your prayers and your [generous] gifts to the poor have come up [as a sacrifice] to God and have been remembered by Him.
5. And now send men to Joppa and have them call for and invite here a certain Simon whose surname is Peter;
6. He is lodging with Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.
7. When the angel who spoke to him had left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier from among his own personal attendants.
8. And having rehearsed everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9. The next day as they were still on their way and were approaching the town, Peter went up to the roof of the house to pray, about the sixth hour (noon).
10. But he became very hungry, and wanted something to eat; and while the meal was being prepared a trance came over him,
11. And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth.
12. It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air.