⁹ And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, ^(A)Peter went up on ^(B)the housetop about ^(C)the ^[a]sixth hour to pray. ¹⁰ But he became hungry and was desiring to eat. And while they were making preparations, he ^(D)fell into a trance ¹¹ and *saw ^(E)heaven opened up, and ^[b]an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, ¹² and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the ^[c]sky. ¹³ And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Peter, ^[d]slaughter and eat!” ¹⁴ But Peter said, “By no means, ^(F)Lord, for ^(G)I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.” ¹⁵ Again a voice came to him a second time, “^(H)What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.” ¹⁶ And this happened three times and immediately the ^[e]object was taken up into heaven.

¹⁷ Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in ^[f]mind as to what ^(I)the vision which he had seen might be, behold, ^(J)the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate; ¹⁸ and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there. ¹⁹ And while Peter was reflecting on ^(K)the vision, ^(L)the Spirit said to him, “Behold, ^[g]three men are looking for you. ²⁰ But rise up, go down and ^(M)accompany them without taking issue at all, for I have sent them Myself.” ²¹ And Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?” ²² And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and ^(N)God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, ^(O)was directed by a ^(P)holy angel to summon you to his house and hear ^[h](Q)a message from you.” ²³ So he invited them in and gave them lodging.

Peter at Caesarea

And on the next day he rose up and went away with them, and ^(R)some of ^(S)the brothers from ^(T)Joppa went with him.