Acts 11:7

7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, `Arise, Peter; slay 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. A certain vessel descended as though it had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even to me.

6 And when I had fastened my eyes on it, I considered it and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things and fowls of the air.

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

8 But I said, `Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.'

9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, `What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.'