Acts 13 marks the beginning of Paul’s first missionary journey. The church at Antioch, guided by the Holy Spirit, sent out Barnabas and Saul to preach the Gospel. Their first stop was the synagogue in Pisidian Antioch — and it’s important to notice where they began. They preached the Good News of Jesus Christ not to pagans, but to the Jews, within the structure of the old covenant. Paul stood up, beckoned with his hand, and began with what every Jewish listener knew well —

Peter, (1 BC-67AD), praying on the rooftop, fell into a trance and saw a great sheet descending from heaven filled with all kinds of animals, both clean and unclean. A voice said, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter refused, saying he had never eaten anything common or unclean. The voice replied, “What God has cleansed, do not call common.” This vision occurred three times, preparing Peter for what was about to happen.