Peter’s startling vision

^9-13 Next day, while these men were still on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up about mid-day on to the flat roof of the house to pray. He became very hungry and longed for something to eat. But while the meal was being prepared he fell into a trance and saw the heavens open and something like a great sheet descending upon the earth, let down by its four corners. In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles and birds. Then came a voice which said to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

¹⁴ But Peter said, “Never, Lord! For not once in my life have I ever eaten anything common or unclean.”

¹⁵ Then the voice spoke to him a second time, “You must not call what God has cleansed common.”