1. And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
2. and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
3. saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
4. But Peter began and set forth the matter to them in order, saying,
5. I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
6. on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
7. And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
8. And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.