1. AND the apostles and brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
3. Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them?
4. But Peter began and declared to them the matter in order, saying:
5. I was in the city of Joppe praying, and I saw in an ecstasy of mind a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even unto me.
6. Into which looking, I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth, and beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air: