Acts 10:9-24 - Peter Has A Vision

⁹ Next day they were still on the road and not far from the town, when Peter went up to the roof of the house about noon to pray. ¹⁰ He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him. ¹¹ He saw heaven open and a vessel coming down, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners to the earth, ¹² which contained all quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth and wild birds. ¹³ A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat."

¹⁴ But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean."

¹⁵ A second time the voice came back to him, "What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common." ¹⁶ This happened three times; then the vessel was at once raised to heaven.

¹⁷ Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door ¹⁸ and called out to ask if Simon, surnamed Peter, was staying there.

¹⁹ So the Spirit said to Peter, who was pondering over the vision, "There are three men looking for you! ²⁰ Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them."

²¹ Then Peter went down to the men, saying, "I am the man you are looking for. What is your reason for coming?"

²² They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say." ²³ So he invited them in and entertained them. Next day he was up and off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa; ²⁴ and on the next day he reached Caesarea. [vs 24b transposed to follow vs 27] (For Cornelius had been expecting him and had called his kinsfolk and intimate friends together.)