Acts 11:7
New International Version
Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

New Living Translation
And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’

English Standard Version
And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’

Berean Standard Bible
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

Berean Literal Bible
And also I heard a voice saying to me, 'Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat.'

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

New King James Version
And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’

New American Standard Bible
I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

NASB 1995
“I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

NASB 1977
“And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Arise, Peter; kill and eat.’

Legacy Standard Bible
And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise up, Peter; slaughter and eat.’

Amplified Bible
and I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

Christian Standard Bible
I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then I also heard a voice telling me, Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’”

American Standard Version
And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I heard a voice that said to me, 'Shimeon, arise, slay and eat.'

Contemporary English Version
I heard a voice saying to me, "Peter, get up! Kill these and eat them."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat.

English Revised Version
And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill these animals, and eat them.'

Good News Translation
Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat!'

International Standard Version
I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.'

Literal Standard Version
and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

Majority Standard Bible
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

New American Bible
I also heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Slaughter and eat.’

NET Bible
I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!'

New Revised Standard Version
I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

New Heart English Bible
I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

Webster's Bible Translation
And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

Weymouth New Testament
I also heard a voice saying to me, "'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

World English Bible
I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’

Young's Literal Translation
and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

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Context
Peter's Report at Jerusalem
6I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’ 8‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’…

Cross References
Acts 11:6
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Acts 11:8
No, Lord,' I said, 'for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'


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Acts 11
1. Peter, being accused for preaching to the Gentiles,
5. makes his defense;
18. which is accepted.
19. The gospel being spread in Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
22. Barnabas is sent to confirm them.
26. The disciples are first called Christians at Antioch.
27. They send relief to the brothers in Judea in time of famine.














Verse 7. - Also a voice for a voice, A.V. and T.R.; rise for arise, A.V.; kilt for day, A.V.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

I heard
ἤκουσα (ēkousa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

a voice
φωνῆς (phōnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

saying
λεγούσης (legousēs)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to me,
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

‘Get up,
Ἀναστάς (Anastas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 450: To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.

Peter,
Πέτρε (Petre)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.

kill
θῦσον (thyson)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2380: A primary verb; properly, to rush, i.e. to sacrifice; by extension to immolate.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

eat.’
φάγε (phage)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.


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