The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVI) 53 [Ba] 9 The next day, while they were on 9 The next day, while they were on their journey and approaching the their journey and approaching the city, Peter had gone up to the upper city, Peter went up to the rooftop to room and was praying around the pray around the sixth hour. sixth hour. [b] 10a And it happened that he was 10a And it happened that he was hungry and wanted to eat. hungry and wanted to eat. [c] 10b While they were getting it 10b While they were getting it ready, a trance fell upon him 11 ready, a trance came upon him 11 and he sees heaven opened and some and he sees heaven opened and some container, held by its four corners, container coming down like a large a sheet of fine linen, lowered sheet of fine linen lowered by its from heaven onto the earth, 12 in four corners onto the earth, 12 in which were all kinds of four-footed which were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles and birds of creatures and reptiles of the earth the air. and birds of the air. [d] 13 And there came a voice to him: 13 And there came a voice to him: ‘Peter, get up, kill and eat’. ‘Get up, Peter, and kill and eat’. [d′] 14a But he said to him, ‘By no 14a But Peter said, ‘By no means, means, Lord, because I have never Lord, because I have never eaten eaten Codex Bezae D05 Codex Vaticanus B03 anything common or unclean’. anything common and unclean’. [c′] 15 It called again a second time to 15 And a voice said again a second him: ‘What God has declared clean time to him: ‘What God has declared for you, do not continue to call clean, you must not continue to call common’. common’. [b′] 16a This happened three times. 16a This happened three times. [a′] 16b And the container was taken 16b And straightaway the container up again towards heaven. was taken up towards heaven. [B′a] 17a When he had come to his senses, 17a While in his mind Peter was at Peter was at a loss as to what the a loss as to what the vision he had vision he had seen was about. seen was about, [b] 17b And suddenly, the men who 17b suddenly, the men who had been had been sent by Cornelius, having sent by Cornelius, having found the made enquiries about the house of house of Simon by making enquiries, Simon, were standing in the porch, were standing in the porch 18 and 18 and they called out and asked, ‘Is they called out to ask, ‘Is Simon Simon called Peter lodging here?’ called Peter lodging here?’