Acts 11:7

And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

In Context

6Into which looking, I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth, and beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air:

8And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19

Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →

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