10:9 About noon 4 the next day, while they were on their way and approaching 5 the city, Peter went up on the roof 6 to pray. 10:10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him. 7 10:11 He 8 saw heaven 9 opened 10 and an object something like a large sheet 11 descending, 12 being let down to earth 13 by its four corners. 10:12 In it 14 were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles 15 of the earth and wild birds. 16 10:13 Then 17 a voice said 18 to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter 19 and eat!” 10:14 But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!” 20 10:15 The voice 21 spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not consider 22 ritually unclean!” 23 10:16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven. 24
10:17 Now while Peter was puzzling over 25 what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was 26 and approached 27 the gate. 10:18 They 28 called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, 29 was staying there as a guest.