6. He is staying with another Simon, a man who works with leather. His house is by the sea."
7. The angel who spoke to him left. Then Cornelius called two of his servants. He also called a godly soldier who was one of his attendants.
8. He told them everything that had happened. Then he sent them to Joppa.
9. It was about noon the next day. The men were on their journey and were approaching the city. Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10. He became hungry. He wanted something to eat. While the meal was being prepared, Peter had a vision.
11. He saw heaven open up. There he saw something that looked like a large sheet. It was being let down to earth by its four corners.
12. It had all kinds of four-footed animals in it. It also had reptiles of the earth and birds of the air.
13. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."
14. "No, Lord! I will not!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything that is not pure and 'clean.' "
15. The voice spoke to him a second time. "Do not say anything is not pure that God has made 'clean,' " it said.