11 ¹ News came to the apostles and the members of the church in Judaea that Gentiles too had accepted the word of God; 11 ² and when Peter came up to Jerusalem those who were of Jewish birth raised the question with him. 11 ³ 'You have been visiting men who are uncircumcised,' they said, 'and sitting at table with them!' 11 ⁴ Peter began by laying before them the facts as they had happened.
11 ⁵ 'I was in the city of Joppa', he said, 'at prayer; and while in a trance I had a vision: a thing was coming down that looked like a great sheet of sail-cloth, slung by the four corners and lowered from the sky till it reached me. 11 ⁶ I looked intently to make out what was in it and I saw four-footed creatures of the earth, wild beasts, and things that crawl or fly. 11 ⁷ Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Up, Peter, kill and eat." 11 ⁸ But I said, "No, Lord, no: nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth." 11 ⁹ A voice from heaven answered a second time, "It is not for you to call profane what God counts clean." 11 ¹⁰ This happened three times, and then they were all drawn up again into the sky. 11 ¹¹ At that moment three men, who had been sent to me from Caesarea, arrived at the house where I was Some witnesses read: we were. staying; 11 ¹² and the Spirit told me to go with them. Some witnesses add: making no distinctions; others add: without any misgivings. (as in 10.20.) My six companions here came with me and we went into the man's house. 11 ¹³ He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house who said, "Send to Joppa for Simon also called Peter. 11 ¹⁴ He will speak words that will bring salvation to you and all your household." 11 ¹⁵ Hardly had I begun speaking, when the Holy Spirit came upon them, just as upon us at the beginning. 11 ¹⁶ Then I recalled what the Lord had said: "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." 11 ¹⁷ God gave them no less a gift than he gave us when we put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ; then how could I possibly stand in God's way?'
11 ¹⁸ When they heard this their doubts were silenced. They gave praise to God and said, 'This means that God has granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles also.'