Acts 10:9-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

Peter Sees a Vision

⁹ The next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray at about the sixth hour.^{[a] 10} He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance. ¹¹ He saw heaven opened and an object coming down. It was like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.^{[b] 12} In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles^[c] of the earth and birds of the sky.

¹³ Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

¹⁴ But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

¹⁵ Yet the voice came to him a second time: “What God has made clean, you must not continue to call unclean.”

¹⁶ This happened three times, and then the object was immediately taken up to heaven.^[d]

¹⁷ While Peter was inwardly perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, just then the men who were sent by Cornelius arrived. They had asked for directions to Simon’s house and were standing at the gate. ¹⁸ They called out, asking if Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there as a guest.

¹⁹ While Peter was still deep in thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “See, three men are looking for you! ²⁰ Now get up, go downstairs, and don’t hesitate to go with them, because I have sent them.”

²¹ Peter went down to the men and said, “I am the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

²² They replied, “Cornelius the centurion is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is highly respected by the whole Jewish nation. He was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to what you have to say.” ²³ So Peter invited them in and received them as guests.

Peter Goes to the Home of Cornelius

The next day, Peter got ready and left with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went along with him.