Acts 10:13 — Meaning and Application

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“And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.”

Acts 10:13

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And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

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

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

And the voice {spake} unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, {that} call not thou common.

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Acts 10:1

"There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian {band},"

Acts 10:2

"{A} devout {man}, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway."

Acts 10:3

"He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius."

Acts 10:4

"And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."

Acts 10:5

"And now send men to Joppa, and call for {one} Simon, whose surname is Peter:"

Acts 10:6

"He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."

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