9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour¹ to pray. 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a ^jtrance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were ^kall kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, ^l“By no means, Lord; for ^mI have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, ⁿ“What God has made clean, do not call common.” 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.

4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 ^u“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a ^vtrance I saw a ^wvision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ^x‘By no means, Lord; for ^ynothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ^z‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’ 10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.