10 Then waxed he an hungered, and would have eaten: but while they made something ready, he fell into a [a]trance.

11 And he saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel come down unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the [b]four corners, and was let down to the earth.

12 Wherein were [c]all manner of [d]four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and [e]creeping things, and fowls of the heaven.

13 And there came a voice to him, Arise, Peter: kill, and eat.

14 [f]But Peter said, Not so, Lord: for I have never eaten anything that is polluted, or unclean.

15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, The things that God hath purified, [g]pollute thou not.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 10:10 For though Peter stand not amazed as one that is tongue tied, but talketh with God, and is instructed in his mysteries, yet his mind was far otherwise than it was wont to be, but shortly returned to the old bent.
  2. Acts 10:11 So that it seemed to be a foursquare sheet.
  3. Acts 10:12 Here is this word (All) which is general, plainly put for an indefinite and uncertain, that is to say, for some of all sorts, not for all of every sort.
  4. Acts 10:12 That is, such as were meet for men’s use.
  5. Acts 10:12 What is meant by the creeping things, see Lev. 11.
  6. Acts 10:14 Peter profiteth daily in the knowledge of the benefit of Christ, yea, after that he had received the holy Ghost.
  7. Acts 10:15 Do not thou hold them as unprofitable.

10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.(A) 11 He saw heaven opened(B) and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”

14 “Surely not, Lord!”(C) Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”(D)

15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”(E)

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