Acts - 11:7

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

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Explanation and meaning of Acts 11:7.

Differing Translations

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And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat.
And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;
And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
Then I also heard a voice saying to me: 'Rise up, Peter. Kill and eat.'

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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

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