Peter's Vision of the Unclean Animals

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The next day about noon, while they were still on their way and approaching the city, Kefa went up onto the roof of the house to pray.

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He began to feel hungry and wanted something to eat; but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance

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in which he saw heaven opened, and something that looked like a large sheet being lowered to the ground by its four corners.

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In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, crawling creatures and wild birds.

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Then a voice came to him, “Get up, Kefa, slaughter and eat!”

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But Kefa said, “No, sir! Absolutely not! I have never eaten food that was unclean or treif.”

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The voice spoke to him a second time: “Stop treating as unclean what God has made clean.”

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This happened three times, and then the sheet was immediately taken back up into heaven.