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A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"
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More Than a Meal
Commentators agree that the command 'kill and eat' was not just about food. While it literally abolished Old Testament dietary laws, its primary purpose was symbolic. God was teaching Peter that the distinction between 'clean' (Jews) and 'unclean' (Gentiles) was now removed in Christ, preparing him to share the gospel with all people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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kill, and eat, Slay.
19th Century
Anglican
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 …
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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