Acts 10:13

Douay-Rheims Bible

And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat.”

King James Version (1611)
And there came a voyce to him, Rise, Peter: kill, and eate.

King James Version
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

English Standard Version
And there came a voice to him: "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."

New American Standard Bible
A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!"

New Century Version
Then a voice said to Peter, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat."

Amplified Bible
A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!"

Legacy Standard Bible
And a voice came to him, "Rise up, Peter, slaughter and eat!"

Berean Standard Bible
Then a voice said to him: "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!"

Contemporary English Version
A voice said to him, "Peter, get up! Kill these and eat them."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then a voice came to him, "Get up, Kefa, slaughter and eat!"

Darby Translation
And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill anything here and eat it."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there came a voyce to him, Arise, Peter: kill, and eate.

George Lamsa Translation
And there came a voice to him, saying, Simon Peter, rise; kill and eat.

Good News Translation
A voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"

Lexham English Bible
And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!"

Literal Translation
And a voice came to him, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.

American Standard Version
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

Bible in Basic English
And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

Hebrew Names Version
A voice came to him, "Rise, Kefa, kill and eat!"

International Standard Version
Then a voice told him,came to him">[fn] "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it."

Etheridge Translation
And a voice came to him, which said, Shemun, arise, slay, and eat.

Murdock Translation
And a voice came to him, which said: Simon, arise, slay and eat.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there came a voyce to hym: ryse Peter, kyll and eate.

English Revised Version
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

World English Bible
A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And a voice came to him, Rise, Peter, kill and eat.

Weymouth's New Testament
and a voice came to him which said, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And a vois was maad to hym, Rise thou, Petre, and sle, and ete.

Update Bible Version
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

New English Translation
Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!"

New King James Version
And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."

New Living Translation
Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat them."

New Life Bible
A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill something and eat it."

New Revised Standard
Then he heard a voice saying, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there came a voice unto him - Rise, Peter! slay and eat.

Revised Standard Version
And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ther came a voyce to him: ryse Peter kyll and eate.

Young's Literal Translation
and there came a voice unto him: `Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there came a voyce vnto him: Ryse Peter, slaye, & eate.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and a voice said to him, rise, Peter; kill and eat.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then he heard a voice say, "Get up, Pete. Kill something and eat it."

Contextual Overview

⁹ And on the next day, whilst they were going on their journey and drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up to the higher parts of the house to pray, about the sixth hour. ¹⁰ And being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstasy of mind. ¹¹ And he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth: ¹² Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the air. ¹³ And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat. ¹⁴ But Peter said: Far be it from me. For I never did eat any thing that is common and unclean. ¹⁵ And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common. ¹⁶ And this was done thrice. And presently the vessel was taken up into heaven. ¹⁷ Now, whilst Peter was doubting within himself what the vision that he had seen should mean, behold the men who were sent from Cornelius, inquiring for Simon’s house, stood at the gate. ¹⁸ And when they had called, they asked if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rise: Acts 10:10, Jeremiah 35:2-5, John 4:31-34

kill: Or, sacrifice and eat, טץףןם [Strong's G2378], ךבי [Strong's G2532], צבדו [Strong's G5315]. The spirit of the heavenly direction seems to be this, say Dr. A. Clarke, "The middle wall of the partition is now pulled down; the Jews and Gentiles are called to become one flock, under one shepherd and bishop of souls. Thou, Peter, shalt open the door of faith to the Gentiles, and be also the minister of the circumcision. Rise up; already a blessed sacrifice is prepared: go and offer it to God; and let thy soul feed on the fruits of his mercy," etc.

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:2 - Jacob Exodus 3:4 - Moses Psalms 141:4 - and let me Daniel 8:16 - I heard 1 Timothy 4:3 - which Hebrews 9:10 - in meats

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.

Genesis 10:12
Resen also between Ninive and Chale: this is the great city.

Jeremiah 46:9
Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows.

Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the rest of the crowd, and Chub, and the children of the land of the covenant, shall fall with them by the sword.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there came a voice to him,.... Formed by an angel, or rather by Christ himself:

rise, Peter, kill and eat; he might be on his knees when he fell into this trance, being at prayer, and therefore is bid to rise; and he is called by name, the more to encourage him to do as he was ordered; and he is bid to kill and eat of all the creatures without distinction, which were represented to him in the sheet; and the design of this was to teach him, that both the distinction between clean and unclean creatures in the law was now abolished, and men might lawfully eat of whatsoever they pleased; and that he might and should without any difference converse with all sorts of men, Jews and Gentiles, circumcised and uncircumcised, and preach the Gospel to one as to another, and maintain a church communion and fellowship with all equally alike.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 10:13. Rise, Peter, kill and eat. — θυσον και φαγε, Sacrifice and eat. Though this verb is sometimes used to signify the slaying of animals for food, yet, as the proper notion is to slay for the purpose of sacrifice, it appears to me to be better to preserve that meaning here. Animals that were offered in sacrifice were considered as given to God; and, when he received the life, the flesh was given to those who offered the sacrifice, that they might feed upon it; and every sacrifice had in it the nature of a covenant; and covenants were usually made by eating together on the flesh of the sacrifice offered on the occasion, God being supposed to be invisibly present with them, and partaking of the feast. The Jews and Gentiles are certainly represented by the clean and unclean animals in this large vessel: these, by the ministry of the Gospel, were to be offered up a spiritual sacrifice to God. Peter was to be a prime instrument in this work; he was to offer them to God, and rejoice in the work of his hands. The spirit of the heavenly direction seems to be this: "The middle wall of partition is now to be pulled down; the Jews and Gentiles are called to become one flock, under one shepherd and bishop of souls. Thou, Peter, shalt open the door of faith to the Gentiles, and be also the minister of the circumcision. Rise up; already a blessed sacrifice is prepared: go and offer it to God; and let thy soul feed on the fruits of his mercy and goodness, in thus showing his gracious design of saving both Jews and Gentiles by Christ crucified."