Acts 10:13

George Lamsa Translation

And there came a voice to him, saying, Simon Peter, rise; 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came a voice to him: Arise, 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.

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 The next day, while they were on their journey, drawing near to the city, Simon Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about noontime. ¹⁰ And he became hungry, and wanted to eat: but while they were preparing food for him, he was seized with a sudden faintness. ¹¹ And he saw the sky open and something fastened at the four corners, resembling a large linen cloth, was let down from heaven to the earth: ¹² And there were in it all kind of fourfooted beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air. ¹³ And there came a voice to him, saying, Simon Peter, rise; kill and eat. ¹⁴ But Simon Peter said, Far be it, my LORD; for I have never eaten anything which was unclean and defiled. ¹⁵ And again the voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, you should not call unclean. ¹⁶ This happened the third time: then the cloth was lifted up to the heaven. ¹⁷ Now while Simon Peter was bewildered, wondering in himself what the vision he had seen should mean, the men who were sent by Cornelius arrived, and enquired for the house in which Simon Peter had been staying, and they came and stood at the door of the courtyard. ¹⁸ And from there they called and asked if Simon who is called Peter stayed 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 Sinar went forth the Assyrian and built Nineveh, and the city of Rehoboth, and Calah,

Genesis 10:12
And Resen which lies between Nineveh and Calah; the same is a great city.

Jeremiah 46:9
Mount the horses, O you horsemen; sing, O you riders in the chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Putians, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, who are skilled in handling and bending the bow.

Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopians, Putians and Lybians and all Arabia and Chub and the men of the land that is in league with them 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."