Acts 11:7

7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

Acts 11:7 in Other Translations

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

7 And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'

7 And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’

7 "Then I heard a voice: 'Go to it, Peter - kill and eat.'

7 Then I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat!'

Acts 11:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:7

And I heard a voice saying unto me
As he apprehended in his mind; and this voice he heard in the same sense and manner, as the Apostle Paul heard when in a trance, ( Acts 22:17 Acts 22:18 ) ( 2 Corinthians 12:4 ) .

arise, Peter, slay and eat;
that is, get up and slay some of these creatures upon the sheet, and dress them and eat them.

Acts 11:7 In-Context

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

8 “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9 “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’