Peter defends Gentile salvation
Acts 11:1-18
11:1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
11:2When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
11:3saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”
11:4But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
11:5“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.
11:6When 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.
11:7I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
11:8But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
11:9But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’
11:10This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11:11Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
11:12The Spirit told me to go with them without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.