^{3 Ref} Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

^{4 Ref} But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

^{5 Ref} I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:

^{6 Ref} And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.

⁷ And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

^{8 Ref} But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

^{9 Ref} But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

^{10 Ref} And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

^{11 Ref} And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

^{12 Ref} And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

^{13 Ref} And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

^{14 Ref} Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

^{15 Ref} And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

^{16 Ref} And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

^{17 Ref} If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

^{18 Ref} And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.