1. And the emissaries and brothers who were in Yehuḏah heard that the gentiles also received the word of Elohim.
2. And when Kĕpha went up to Yerushalayim, those of the circumcision were contending with him,
3. saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”
4. But Kĕpha began and set it forth in order, saying:
5. “I was in the city of Yapho praying. And in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down from the heaven by four corners, and it came to me.
6. “Having looked into it, I perceived and I saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping creatures, and the birds of heaven.
7. “And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise up, Kĕpha, slay and eat.’
8. “But I said, ‘Not at all, Master! Because whatever is common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.’