Thomson(i)
1 Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision cavilled at him,
3 saying, Thou hast gone to men who are uncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.
4 Thereupon Peter stated to them the whole affair in order from the beginning, saying,
5 I was praying in the city Joppa, and in a trance I saw a vision, a kind of vessel coming down, like a great sheet let down by the four corners, out of heaven, and it came close to me.
6 On which when I fixed mine eyes, I observed and saw the four footed beasts of the earth, namely the wild beasts and the reptiles, and the birds of the air;
7 and I heard a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
8 But I said, By no means, Lord; For nothing common or unclean hath ever entered my mouth.
9 Thereupon a voice from heaven addressed me a second time, saying, What God hath cleansed, call not thou that common.
10 Now this was done three times, then all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And lo! at that instant three men arrived at the house where I was, who were sent to me from Caesarea.
12 And the spirit commanded me to go with them without any scruple. Now there went with me these six brethren. And when we came to the house of the man,
13 he told us how he had seen in his house, the angel standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa for Simon, surnamed Peter,
14 who will dictate to the matters by which thou and all thy household shall be saved.
15 And when I had begun to speak, the holy spirit fell upon them as it did upon us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed baptized in water, but ye shall be baptized in a holy spirit.
17 If then God granted the same free gift to them as to us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I should obstruct God?
18 Having heard this they acquiesced and glorified God, saying, God hath then indeed granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.