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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 10:9 Housetops were flat living areas
  2. Acts 10:9 I.e., noon
  3. Acts 10:11 Or vessel
  4. Acts 10:12 Or reptiles
  5. Acts 10:13 Or sacrifice
  6. Acts 10:14 Or profane; lit common

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