1. The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised disputed with him,
3. saying, “You went in and ate with uncircumcised men!”
4. Peter began explaining it to them in order, saying,
5. “I was in the city of Joppa praying. And in a trance I saw a vision: A vessel like a great sheet was descending, let down from heaven by four corners, and it came to me.
6. I considered what I had observed and saw four-footed creatures and wild beasts and reptiles and birds of the air.
7. Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
8. “I said, ‘Not at all, Lord. For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’