Acts 11:7

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I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

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  • Acts 10:8-21
    14 verses
    93%

    8After describing everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

    9The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.

    10He became very hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance.

    11He saw heaven opened, and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

    12In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

    13Then a voice said to him, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

    14But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.'

    15Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'

    16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

    17While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for Simon’s house and stood at the gate.

    18They called out, asking if Simon, also known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

    19While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Behold, three men are looking for you.'

    20Now rise, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them.

    21So Peter went down to the men and said, 'Behold, I am the one you are looking for. Why have you come?'

  • Acts 11:8-10
    3 verses
    84%

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

    9The voice spoke from heaven a second time: ‘What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.’

    10This happened three times, and then the whole object was pulled up into heaven.

  • Acts 11:2-6
    5 verses
    83%

    2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision group began to argue with him,

    3saying, 'You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.'

    4But Peter began to explain it to them step by step, saying:

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

    6As I looked closely at it, I noticed four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

  • Acts 10:32
    71%

    32Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

  • Acts 11:12-14
    3 verses
    70%

    12The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

    13He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send men to Joppa and bring back Simon, who is called Peter.

    14He will speak words to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.

  • Acts 2:14
    70%

    14Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • Acts 10:25-28
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    70%

    25When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

    26But Peter lifted him up and said, 'Stand up! I myself am also a man.'

    27While talking with him, Peter went inside and found many people gathered.

    28He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'

  • Acts 10:4-6
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    70%

    4Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.'

    5Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

    6He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.

  • Acts 12:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side to wake him, the angel said, 'Get up quickly.' Immediately, the chains fell off Peter's hands.

    8The angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' Peter did so. Then the angel said, 'Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.'

  • Lev 11:47
    69%

    47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.

  • Acts 10:23
    69%

    23So Peter invited them in as his guests. The next day he got up and went with them. Some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

  • Lev 11:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are the living creatures that you may eat among all the animals on the earth:

    3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, one completely split, and that chews the cud.

  • Jer 7:21
    68%

    21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

  • Acts 12:11
    68%

    11When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'

  • Deut 14:11
    68%

    11You may eat any clean bird.

  • Rev 10:8
    68%

    8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, 'Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and the land.'

  • Acts 15:7
    68%

    7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me among you so that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

  • Acts 22:7
    68%

    7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

  • Acts 4:8
    67%

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,'

  • Acts 10:46
    67%

    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

  • Acts 9:6
    67%

    6Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."

  • Ezek 4:14
    67%

    14Then I said, 'Ah, Lord God, I have never been defiled! From my youth until now, I have never eaten anything that died naturally or was torn by animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.'