4 Step-by-step, Peter explained what had happened.
5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying when I had a visionary experience. In my vision, I saw something like a large linen sheet being lowered from heaven by its four corners. It came all the way down to me.
6 As I stared at it, wondering what it was, I saw four-legged animals—including wild beasts—as well as reptiles and wild birds.
7 I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter! Kill and eat!’
8 I responded, ‘Absolutely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 The voice from heaven spoke a second time, ‘Never consider unclean what God has made pure.’
10 This happened three times, then everything was pulled back into heaven.