Acts 10:13

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Then a voice said to him,“Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”

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  • Jer 35:2-5 : 2 “Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the LORD’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.” 3 So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community. 4 I took them to the LORD’s temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed. 5 Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them,“Have some wine.”
  • John 4:31-34 : 31 Workers for the Harvest Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them,“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 So the disciples began to say to one another,“No one brought him anything to eat, did they?” 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
  • Acts 10:10 : 10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

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    2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

    3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

    4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

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

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

    7I also heard a voice saying to me,‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’

    8But I said,‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

    9But the voice replied a second time from heaven,‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’

    10This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

  • Acts 10:14-23
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    14But Peter said,“Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”

    15The voice spoke to him again, a second time,“What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!”

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

    17Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.

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

    19While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him,“Look! Three men are looking for you.

    20But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

    21So Peter went down to the men and said,“Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

    22They said,“Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

    23So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

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    8and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

    9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

    10He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

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

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

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    31and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

    32Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

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    3About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him,“Cornelius.”

    4Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

    5Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

    6This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

  • Acts 10:25-28
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    25So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

    26But Peter helped him up, saying,“Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”

    27Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

    28He said to them,“You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.

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

    13He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,

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    14Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

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    20You may eat any clean winged creature.

  • Acts 12:7
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    7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

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    28Peter said to him,“Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.”

    29So he said,“Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

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    46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

  • Lev 11:2
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    2“Tell the Israelites:‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.

  • Deut 14:10-11
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    10but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.

    11All ritually clean birds you may eat.

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    11When Peter came to himself, he said,“Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

  • 1 Cor 10:27
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    27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

  • Acts 10:34
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    34Then Peter started speaking:“I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

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    25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

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    44The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.