Acts 11:7
I also heard a voice saying to me,‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’
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- Acts 10:8-2114 verses93%
8 and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9 About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
11 He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
13 Then a voice said to him,“Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”
14 But Peter said,“Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
15 The voice spoke to him again, a second time,“What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!”
16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
17 Now 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.
18 They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.
19 While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him,“Look! Three men are looking for you.
20 But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
21 So Peter went down to the men and said,“Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”
- Acts 11:8-103 verses84%
8 But I said,‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven,‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’
10 This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.
- Acts 11:2-65 verses83%
2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,
3 saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”
4 But 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.
6 As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
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32 Therefore 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.’
- Acts 11:12-143 verses70%
12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
13 He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
14 who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’
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14 Peter’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.
- Acts 10:25-284 verses70%
25 So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.
26 But Peter helped him up, saying,“Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”
27 Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.
28 He 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.
- Acts 10:4-63 verses70%
4 Staring 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.
5 Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.
6 This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
- Acts 12:7-82 verses69%
7 Suddenly 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.
8 The angel said to him,“Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. Then the angel said to him,“Put on your cloak and follow me.”
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47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”
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23 So 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.
- Lev 11:2-32 verses69%
2 “Tell the Israelites:‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.
3 You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof(the hooves are completely split in two) and that also chews the cud.
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21 “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says to the people of Judah:‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!
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11 When 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.”
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11 All ritually clean birds you may eat.
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8 Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again,“Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
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7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,“Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.
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7 Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
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8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
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46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
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6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
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14 And I said,“Ah, Sovereign LORD, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”