International Children’s Bible

The Acts 11:4-8 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

4. So Peter explained the whole story to them.

5. He said, “I was in the city of Joppa. While I was praying, I had a vision. In the vision, I saw something which looked like a big sheet coming down from heaven. It was being lowered to earth by its four corners. It came down very close to me, and

6. I looked inside it. I saw animals, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds.

7. I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

8. But I said, ‘No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.’