2 When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who were in favour of circumcising Gentiles criticized him, saying,
3 “You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!”
4 So Peter gave them a complete account of what had happened from the very beginning:
5 “While I was praying in the city of Joppa, I had a vision. I saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it stopped next to me.
6 I looked closely inside and saw domesticated and wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’
8 But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! No ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth.’