Peter Reports to the Church in Jerusalem

11 Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 So when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision faction began disputing with him, 3 [fn]saying, “Yoʋ went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them!” 4 But Peter began to explain the situation to them, step by step, saying, 5 “I was praying in the city of Joppa, and in a trance I saw a vision of an object like a large sheet coming down, being lowered from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me. 6 As I stared at it, I looked closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, as well as wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the sky. 7 [fn]Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! For nothing defiled or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 The voice from heaven responded [fn]to me a second time: ‘Do not regard as defiled what God has made clean.’ 10 This happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house where [fn]I was; they had been sent to me from Caesarea. 12 The Spirit told me to go with them without any misgivings. These six brothers also went with me, and we went into the man's house. 13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying [fn]to him, ‘Send [fn]men to Joppa and have them bring back Simon, who is called Peter; 14 he will speak a message to yoʋ by which yoʋ will be saved, yoʋ and yoʋr entire household.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as he had fallen upon us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus [fn]Christ, how could I stand in God's way?” 18 When the apostles and brothers heard this, they ceased their objections and began glorifying God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted the repentance that leads to life.”