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kill, and eat, Slay.

Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.—In the symbolism of the vision the natural promptings of appetite were confirmed by the divin…

Though Peter was not by training or inclination an overly scrupulous Jew, and though as a Christian his inherited prejudices were wearing thin, he …

A voice from heaven. The voice came from heaven, just as the sheet did, so that Peter might know that both came from God. For the sight wo…

And there came a voice to him
Formed by an angel, or rather by Christ himself:

rise, Peter, kill …

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tel…