Acts 11:7
and I also heard a voice saying to me — ‘Stand up, Peter, kill something and eat.’
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
In Context
6Looking intently at it, I began to distinguish quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds;
8‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ I answered, ‘for nothing ‘defiled’ or ‘unclean’ has ever passed my lips.’
Cross References
1 Timothy 4:4Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected — provided only that it is received thankfully;
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 →