4. And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
5. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter.
6. He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7. When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,
8. and having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9. The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
10. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
11. and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
12. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
13. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
14. But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
15. And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
16. This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
17. Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate
18. and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there.
19. And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.