11 He saw heaven opened up and something like a large linen sheet being lowered to the earth by its four corners.
12 Inside the sheet were all kinds of four-legged animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
13 A voice told him, "Get up, Peter! Kill and eat!"
14 Peter exclaimed, "Absolutely not, Lord! I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
15 The voice spoke a second time, "Never consider unclean what God has made pure."
16 This happened three times, then the object was suddenly pulled back into heaven.
17 Peter was bewildered about the meaning of the vision. Just then, the messengers sent by Cornelius discovered the whereabouts of Simon’s house and arrived at the gate.