Acts 10:13

Then he heard God [SYN] say to him, “Peter, stand up, kill and cook some of these and eat their meat!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

In Context

12Inside the sheet were all kinds of creatures. These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat. Some had four feet, others scurried across the ground, and others were wild birds.

14But Peter replied, “Lord, surely you (sg) do not really want me to do that! I have never eaten any meat that our Jewish law says is unacceptable to God or something that we(exc) must not eat!”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 35:2“Go to the place where families of the Rechab clan live. Invite them to my temple. When they arrive, take them into one of the inside rooms and offer them some wine.”

Acts 10:10He became hungry and wanted something to eat. While someone was preparing the food, Peter saw this vision:

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:10-19

Peter's Vision. 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of… Read the whole commentary →

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