Acts 11:7 — Meaning and Application

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“And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.”

Acts 11:7

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I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, {that} call not thou common.

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Acts 11:1

"And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God."

Acts 11:2

"And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,"

Acts 11:3

"Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them."

Acts 11:4

"But Peter rehearsed {the matter} from the beginning, and expounded {it} by order unto them, saying,"

Acts 11:5

"I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:"

Acts 11:6

"Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air."

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