Acts 10:9-16
New American Standard Bible
9 On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, (A)Peter went up on (B)the [a]housetop about [b](C)the sixth hour to pray. 10 But he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were making preparations, he (D)fell into a trance; 11 and he *saw (E)the sky opened up, and an [c]object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, 12 and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and [d]crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky. 13 A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, [e]kill and eat!” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, (F)Lord, for (G)I have never eaten anything [f]unholy and unclean.” 15 Again a voice came to him a second time, “(H)What God has cleansed, no longer [g]consider unholy.” 16 This happened three times, and immediately the [h]object was taken up into the sky.
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- Acts 10:9 Housetops were flat living areas
- Acts 10:9 I.e., noon
- Acts 10:11 Or vessel
- Acts 10:12 Or reptiles
- Acts 10:13 Or sacrifice
- Acts 10:14 Or profane; lit common
- Acts 10:15 Lit make common
- Acts 10:16 Or vessel
Acts 10:9-16
Contemporary English Version
9 (A) The next day about noon these men were coming near Joppa. Peter went up on the roof[a] of the house to pray 10 and became very hungry. While the food was being prepared, he fell sound asleep and had a vision. 11 He saw heaven open, and something came down like a huge sheet held up by its four corners. 12 In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and birds. 13 A voice said to him, “Peter, get up! Kill these and eat them.”
14 (B) But Peter said, “Lord, I can't do that! I've never eaten anything that is unclean and not fit to eat.”[b]
15 The voice spoke to him again, “When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat.”
16 This happened three times before the sheet was suddenly taken back to heaven.
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Hechos 10:9-16
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
La visión de Pedro
9 Al día siguiente, mientras ellos iban por el camino y se acercaban a la ciudad, Pedro(A) subió a la azotea(B) a orar como al mediodía(C). 10 Tuvo hambre y deseaba comer; pero mientras le preparaban algo de comer, le sobrevino un éxtasis(D). 11 Vio* el cielo abierto(E) y un objeto[a] semejante a un gran lienzo que descendía, bajado a la tierra por las cuatro puntas. 12 Había en él toda clase de cuadrúpedos y reptiles de la tierra, y aves del cielo.
13 Y oyó una voz[b]: «Levántate, Pedro, mata[c] y come». 14 Pero Pedro dijo: «De ninguna manera, Señor(F), porque yo jamás he comido nada impuro[d] o inmundo(G)». 15 De nuevo, por segunda vez, llegó a él una voz: «Lo que Dios ha limpiado(H), no lo llames tú impuro[e]». 16 Esto sucedió tres veces, e inmediatamente el lienzo[f] fue recogido al cielo.
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- Hechos 10:11 O receptáculo.
- Hechos 10:13 Lit. vino una voz a él.
- Hechos 10:13 O sacrifica.
- Hechos 10:14 O no santo; lit. común.
- Hechos 10:15 O no santo; lit. común.
- Hechos 10:16 O receptáculo.
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