Acts 11:7

7 I also heard a voice saying to me, "`Rise, 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 "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me.

6 Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

7 I also heard a voice saying to me, "`Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

8 "`On no account, Lord,' I replied, `for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'

9 "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "`What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.'