Acts 10:11-15

Bible Text

[11] He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth, [12] in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky. [13] A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!" [14] But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." [15] A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."

Caesarea was the Roman administrative center where Cornelius lived; Joppa, on the Mediterranean coast, was where Peter received the vision. Galilee, Nazareth, Judea, and Jerusalem locate Jesus’ earlier ministry and the apostolic witness, framing Peter’s vision as God’s removal of ritual barriers for the Gentile mission.

Places in this passage

Acts 10:11-15 mentions Caesarea, Galilee, Jerusalem, Joppa, Judea and Nazareth.

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