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8 and after explaining the whole situation to them, he sent them on to Joppa.
9 As they were traveling the next day, and were coming close to the city [of Joppa], Peter went up about noontime [Note: Or 6 AM if calculating by Roman time], to the top of the house to pray [Note: The roofs of houses were flat areas, often used for resting, meals, prayer, etc.].
10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while lunch was being prepared he was overcome by a "trance" [i.e., a semi-conscious, vision-like state]
11 and could see the sky open up and a huge sheet-like container being lowered to the ground by its four corners.
12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, crawling [reptiles] and birds.
13 A voice then directed Peter with the words, "Get up; kill and eat [one of] them."
14 But Peter answered, "No, Lord, I cannot. I have never eaten any such ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit creatures."
15 So, the voice spoke again, saying, "What God has made [ceremonially] acceptable, you must not consider ordinary [and therefore defiled]."
16 And after this was done three times, the huge sheet-like container was lifted back up into the sky.
17 Now while Peter was much perplexed over the meaning of this vision, the men sent by Cornelius, having learned where Simon [the tanner] lived, arrived at the gate [of his house],
18 and asked if Simon Peter were staying there.
19 While Peter was thinking about [the meaning of] the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, "Look, there are three men [here] looking for you.