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What does Acts 11:5 mean?
"“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."
— Acts 11:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”
But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
“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.
When 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.
I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
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