12. In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
13. Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”
14. But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
15. The voice spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!”
16. This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
17. Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.
18. They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.
19. While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look! Three men are looking for you.
20. But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
21. So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”
22. They said, “Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”
23. So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.