4. But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
5. “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.
6. When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.
7. I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
8. But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’