7. And when the messenger who spoke to him went away, Cornelius called two of his household servants, and a dedicated soldier from among those who waited on him continually.
8. And having explained to them all, he sent them to Yapho.
9. And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Kĕpha went up on the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour.
10. And he became hungry and wished to eat. But while they were preparing, he fell into a trance,
11. and he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth,
12. in which were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping creatures, and the birds of the heaven.
13. And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Kĕpha, slay and eat.”
14. But Kĕpha said, “Not at all, Master! Because I have never eaten whatever is common or unclean.”
15. And a voice came to him again the second time, “What Elohim has cleansed you do not consider common.”
16. And this took place three times, and the vessel was taken back to the heaven.
17. And while Kĕpha was doubting within himself about what the vision might mean, look, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having asked for the house of Shim‛on, stood at the gate,
18. and calling out, they enquired whether Shim‛on, also known as Kĕpha, was staying there.
19. And as Kĕpha was thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “See, three men seek you.
20. “But rise up, go down and go with them, not doubting at all, for I have sent them.”
21. So Kĕpha went down to the men who had been sent to him from Cornelius, and said, “Look, I am the one you seek. Why have you come?”
22. And they said, “Cornelius the captain, a righteous man and one who fears Elohim and well spoken of by the entire nation of the Yehuḏim, was instructed by a set-apart messenger to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you.”