5. "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw, in an ecstasy of mind, a vision: a certain container descending, like a great linen sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners. And it drew near to me.
6. And looking into it, I considered and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the flying things of the air.
7. Then I also heard a voice saying to me: 'Rise up, Peter. Kill and eat.'
8. But I said: 'Never, lord! For what is common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.'