11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted ¹  the word of God. ²  11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, ³  the circumcised believers ⁴  took issue with ⁵  him, 11:3 saying, “You went to ⁶  uncircumcised men and shared a meal with ⁷  them.” 11:4 But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, ⁸  saying, 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, ⁹  an object something like a large sheet descending, ¹⁰  being let down from heaven ¹¹  by its four corners, and it came to me. 11:6 As I stared ¹²  I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, ¹³  and wild birds. ¹⁴  11:7 I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter ¹⁵  and eat!’ 11:8 But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean ¹⁶  has ever entered my mouth!’ 11:9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ¹⁷  ritually unclean!’ 11:10 This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again. 11:11 At that very moment, ¹⁸  three men sent to me from Caesarea ¹⁹  approached ²⁰  the house where we were staying. ²¹  11:12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers ²²  also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. 11:13 He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, 11:14 who will speak a message ²³  to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’ 11:15 Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on ²⁴  them just as he did ²⁵  on us at the beginning. ²⁶  11:16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, ²⁷  as he used to say, ²⁸  ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ ²⁹  11:17 Therefore if God ³⁰  gave them the same gift ³¹  as he also gave us after believing ³²  in the Lord Jesus Christ, ³³  who was I to hinder ³⁴  God?” 11:18 When they heard this, ³⁵  they ceased their objections ³⁶  and praised ³⁷  God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance ³⁸  that leads to life even to the Gentiles.” ³⁹