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10 But he got very hungry and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance
11 and saw the sky opened, and something like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the earth by the four corners,
12 which contained all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
13 A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill something and eat it."
14 But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."
15 A second time the voice came to him, "The things that God has cleansed you must not call unclean."
16 This took place three times; then all at once the thing was taken up into the sky.
17 Now while Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for the way to Simon's house and had stopped at the gate;
18 and they called and inquired if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.
19 While Peter was meditating on the vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you.
20 Get up and go down, and without hesitation go on with them, for I have sent them."
21 So Peter went down and said to the men, "I am the man you are looking for. What is the purpose of your coming?"
22 They answered, "Cornelius, a colonel in the army, an upright man and one who reveres God, and a man of high reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to a message you would bring."
23 So Peter invited them in and entertained them.
24 The next day he started off with them, and some of the brothers in Joppa went along with him. The day after that they reached Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for him, as he had invited in his kinsmen and close friends.
25 When Peter went into the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and did homage to him.
26 But Peter lifted him to his feet, saying, "Get up, I too am just a man myself."
27 As he continued to talk with him he went into the house and found a great crowd had gathered,
28 and he said to him, "You know that it is against the law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one, but God has taught me not to call any man vulgar or ceremonially unclean;
29 so I have come, since I was sent for, without any hesitation."
30 Then Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and all at once a man in dazzling clothing stood before me,
31 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your deeds of charity have been remembered by God.
32 So send to Joppa and invite Simon, who is called Peter, to come over. He is being entertained at the house of a tanner named Simon, by the seashore.'
33 So at once I sent for you, and you have been kind enough to come. So now we are all here in God's presence to listen to anything that the Lord has commanded you to say."