Acts 10:13

Acts 10:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
• New International Version (NIV)Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there came a voice to him: "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a voice came to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”

Context of Acts 10:13

11In a vision, he saw heaven open above him. Then he saw something like a large piece of cloth. Somebody held it at each of its four corners and let it come down to the ground. 12Inside the cloth there were many different kinds of animals with four legs. There were also wild birds and snakes. Then Peter heard a voice that said to him, ‘Peter, stand up and kill some of these animals. Then you can cook them and eat the meat.’ 14Peter answered, ‘No, Lord, I would certainly not do that. I have never eaten an animal that our Law says is unclean.’ 15Then, for the second time, the voice said to Peter, ‘God has made these animals good for people to eat. So you must not say that it is not right to eat them.’

Acts 10:13 word by word

καὶ ἐγένετο φωνὴ πρὸς αὐτόν· ἀναστὰς Πέτρε, θῦσον καὶ φάγε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• there cameγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• a voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Riseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• killθύωthuō · to sacrificeG2380
• eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315

Cross-references for Acts 10:13

• Acts 10:10He became hungry and he wanted to eat some food. While someone was preparing a meal for him, Peter had a special dream.
• Jeremiah 35:2He said, ‘Go to the place where Rekab's descendants live. Ask them to come to the Lord's temple. Take them into one of the temple's small rooms. Give to them some wine to drink.’
• John 4:31While that was happening, the disciples said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, eat something.’

Commentaries on Acts 10:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Rise, Peter, kill and eat - , 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16God gave Peter the same vision three times to confirm it was true (see Genesis 41:32; 2 Corinthians 13:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-169-16. upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement. the sixth hour--noon.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 10:13

• Animals
• Catholicity
• Dream
• Joppa
• Missions
• Parables
• Peter
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Peter
• Peter, Simon Peter, Cephas
• Alms
• Clean
• Cornelius
• Intent
• Knit
• Respecter
• Trance
• Tree

Commentaries on Acts 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings