Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 11 : 2 - 14
Chapter 11
| 2 | And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,
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| 3 | saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
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| 4 | But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying:
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| 5 | "I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.
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| 6 | When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.
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| 7 | And I heard a voice saying to me, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'
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| 8 | But I said, "Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.'
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| 9 | But the voice answered me again from heaven, "What God has cleansed you must not call common.'
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| 10 | Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
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| 11 | At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.
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| 12 | Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man's house.
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| 13 | And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, "Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter,
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| 14 | who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.'
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The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
