Acts 11:3-18

Wycliffe(i) 3 and seiden, Whi entridist thou to men that han prepucie, and hast eete with hem? 4 And Petre bigan, and expownede to hem bi ordre, 5 and seide, Y was in the citee of Joppe, and preiede, and Y sai in rauysching of my mynde a visioun, that a vessel cam doun, as a greet scheete with foure coordis, and was sent doun fro heuene; and it cam to me. 6 In to which Y lokinge biheld, and sai foure footid beestis of the erthe, and beestis, and crepynge beestis, and volatils of heuene. 7 And Y herde also a vois that seide to me, Petre, rise thou, and sle, and eete. 8 But Y seide, Nay, Lord; for comyn thing ether vnclene entride neuer in to my mouth. 9 And the vois answeride the secounde tyme fro heuene, That thing that God hath clensid, seie thou not vnclene. 10 And this was don bi thries, and alle thingis weren resseyued ayen in to heuene. 11 And lo! thre men anoon stooden in the hous, in which Y was; and thei weren sent fro Cesarie to me. 12 And the spirit seide to me, that Y schulde go with hem, and doute no thing. Yhe, and these sixe britheren camen with me, and we entriden in to the hous of the man. 13 And he telde to vs, how he say an aungel in his hous, stondinge and seiynge to hym, Sende thou in to Joppe, and clepe Symount, that is named Petre, which schal speke to thee wordis, 14 in whiche thou schalt be saaf, and al thin hous. 15 And whanne Y hadde bigunnun to speke, the Hooli Goost felle on hem, as in to vs in the bigynnyng. 16 And Y bithouyte on the word of the Lord, as he seide, For Joon baptiside in watir, but ye schulen be baptisid in the Hooli Goost. 17 Therfor if God yaf to hem the same grace, as to vs that bileueden in the Lord Jhesu Crist, who was Y, that myyte forbeede the Lord, that he yyue not the Hooli Goost to hem that bileueden in the name of Jhesu Crist? 18 Whanne these thingis weren herd, thei helden pees, and glorifieden God, and seiden, Therfor also to hethene men God hath youun penaunce to lijf.