"On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven."
Today's quote relates that as Peter sat on his rooftop he fell into a trance wherein the Lord demonstrated to him that there was nothing God has made that should be considered unclean.
Although Peter didn't realize at the time the purpose of his vision, he would soon learn its meaning when God told him to go and preach the gospel to Cornelius and family.
Many of today's Jews still won't eat certain foods because they consider them "unclean".~
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