Acts 11:7

and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6at which having looked steadfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky;

8and I said, Not so, Lord, because anything common or unclean has at no time entered into my mouth;

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Cross References

1 Timothy 4:4because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

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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