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But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me,
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on which, when I had looked intently, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.
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I also heard a voice saying to me, `Rise, Peter, kill and eat!`
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But I said, `Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.`
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But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, `What God has cleansed, don`t you make unholy.`
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This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
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Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
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The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man`s house.
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He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, `Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,
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who will speak to you words whereby you will be saved, you and all your house.`
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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
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I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, `John indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.`
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If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
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When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"