Acts 11:1-18

VIN(i) 1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him, 3 saying, "You went into the houses of uncircumcised men and ate with them." 4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me. 6 I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat!' 8 But I replied, 'Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!' 9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ 10 And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again. 11 Just then, three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. 12 The Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. 13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. 14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as He had come upon us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' 17 So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?" 18 When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”