5. Now send men to Joppa, and bring back Simon whose surname is Peter.
6. He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.”
7. When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who continually waited on him.
8. When he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9. The next day as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour.
10. He became very hungry and desired to eat. But while they prepared a meal, he fell into a trance
11. and saw heaven opened, and a vessel like a great sheet, tied at the four corners, descending to him, and let down to the earth.
12. In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth and wild beasts and reptiles and birds of the air.