Acts 10:7-18

Bishops(i) 7 And when the Angell whiche spake vnto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household seruauntes, and a deuout souldier of them that wayted on hym 8 And tolde them all the matter, & sent them to Ioppa 9 On the morowe as they went on their iourney, and drewe nye vnto the citie, Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray, about the sixth houre 10 And whe he waxed hungry, he would haue eaten: But whyle they made redie, he fell into a traunce 11 And saw heauen opened, and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him, as it had ben a great sheete, knyt at the foure corners, & was let downe to the earth 12 Wherin were all maner of fourefooted beastes of the earth, & wilde beastes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre 13 And there came a voyce to hym: ryse Peter, kyll and eate 14 But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common 16 This was done thryse, and the vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen 17 Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe, what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant: beholde, the men whiche were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiraunce for Simons house, & stoode before the doore 18 And called, and asked whether Simo which was sirnamed Peter, were lodged there