Peter's vision of a sheet with animals

He does so, and mentions the vision as he speaks to Cornelius, saying "God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean" (Acts 10:28).

"[1]: 378  Kistemaker argues that it means Peter has to accept Gentile believers as full members of the Christian Church, but also that God has made all animals clean, so that "Peter with his fellow Jewish Christians can disregard the food laws that have been observed since the days of Moses.

"[1]: 380  Albert Mohler, President of Southern Seminary, writes:[2] As the Book of Acts makes clear, Christians are not obligated to follow this holiness code.

That part of the law is no longer binding, and Christians can enjoy shrimp and pork with no injury to conscience.Luke Timothy Johnson and Daniel J. Harrington write that this episode heralds a radical change in Peter's "identity as a member of God's people,"[3]: 187-  but also that "the implication is that all things God created are declared clean by him, and are not affected by human discriminations.

[6][7] Peter's vision was rarely shown in art, but has been illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Rembrandt and a variant by his pupil van Hoogstraten.