1. The apostles and the believers in Judea heard that some who were not Jewish had accepted God’s teaching too.
2. But when Peter came to Jerusalem, some people argued with him.
3. They said, “You went into the homes of people who are not circumcised and ate with them!”
4. So Peter explained the whole story to them.
5. He said, “I was in the city of Joppa, and while I was praying, I had a vision. I saw something that looked like a big sheet being lowered from heaven by its four corners. It came very close to me.
6. I looked inside it and saw animals, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds.
7. I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
8. But I said, ‘No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.’
9. But the voice from heaven spoke again, ‘God has made these things clean, so don’t call them unholy.’