<P> On the other hand, the United Church of God (a group following the teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong) calls this an "often - misunderstood section of the Bible", arguing that Peter's statement in verse 28 indicates that the divine disclosure reflected only a teaching about people, and not one about food . The UCG argues that Peter realised "the puzzling vision could not be annulling God's instructions ." The Seventh - day Adventist Church has a similar view of this passage . </P> <P> Peter's triple refusal described in Acts 10: 16 echoes the denial of Peter described in the Synoptic Gospels . </P> <P> 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 . Rembrandt was probably reacting to a painting of the subject by Domenico Fetti which was then in Amsterdam, and is now in Vienna . It also appears in the "Altar of St. Peter" in Seville Cathedral, attributed to Francisco de Zurbarán . </P>

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