10. Now he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were preparing something, he fell into a trance.
11. He saw the heavens opened, and something like a great sheet coming down, lowered by its four corners to the earth.
12. In it were all sorts of four-footed animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
13. A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”
14. But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord! For never have I eaten anything unholy or unclean.”
15. Again a voice came to him, a second time: “What God has made clean, you must not consider unholy.”
16. This happened three times, and the sheet was immediately taken up to heaven.
17. Now while Peter was puzzling about what the vision he had seen might mean, behold, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and appeared before the gate.
18. They called out and began to ask whether Simon, also called Peter, was staying in this place as a guest.
19. Now while Peter was mulling over the vision, the Ruach said to him, “Look here, three men are looking for you.
20. But get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitating, because I Myself have sent them.”
21. Going down to the men, Peter said, “Here, I’m the one you’re looking for. What is the reason for your coming?”
22. And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well-spoken of by all the Jewish people, 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 to be his guests. The next day he got up and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
24. The following day he entered Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
25. As Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
26. But Peter pulled him up, saying, “Stand up! I too am just a man.”
27. Talking with him, Peter went inside and found many people gathered.
28. He said to them, “You yourselves know that it is not permitted for a Jewish man to associate with a non-Jew or to visit him. Yet God has shown me that I should call no one unholy or unclean.
29. So I came without objection when I was sent for. I ask, then, what is the reason why you sent for me?”
30. Cornelius declared, “Four days ago at this hour, I was praying minchah in my house. Suddenly, a man stood in front of me in shining clothes.