5. And now send men to Joppa and have them call for and invite here a certain Simon whose surname is Peter;
6. He is lodging with Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.
7. When the angel who spoke to him had left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier from among his own personal attendants.
8. And having rehearsed everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9. The next day as they were still on their way and were approaching the town, Peter went up to the roof of the house to pray, about the sixth hour (noon).
10. But he became very hungry, and wanted something to eat; and while the meal was being prepared a trance came over him,
11. And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth.
12. It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air.
13. And there came a voice to him, saying, Rise up, Peter, kill and eat.