Acts 10:13

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

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

Parallel Translations

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

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!"

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

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

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

Christian Standard Bible®
Then a voice said to him, "Get up, 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."

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

Literal Translation
And a voice came to him, Rise up, 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

⁹The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. ¹⁰He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. ¹¹He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ¹²It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. ¹³Then a voice said to him: "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!"¹⁴"No, Lord!" Peter answered. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." ¹⁵The voice spoke to him a second time: "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." ¹⁶This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven. ¹⁷While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon's house and approached the gate. ¹⁸They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying 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
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:12
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

Jeremiah 46:9
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth-Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall by the sword along with Egypt.'

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."