Acts 10 · Verse 13

Acts 10:13

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

Acts 10:13, King James Version

Acts 10:13 in other translations

BSB	Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
WEB	A voice came to him, “Rise, Peter, kill and eat!”
ASV	And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
YLT	and there came a voice unto him: ‘Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'
DARBY	And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
BBE	And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
Webster	And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

What does Acts 10:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 10:9-16

9-16. upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement. the sixth hour--noon.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 13.

(+) "kill, and eat" "Slay"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 10:9-18

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us…

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Acts 10:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532

ἐγένετοegenetocameG1096

φωνὴphōnēa voiceG5456

πρὸςprostoG4314

αὐτόν·autonhim:G846

ἀναστὰςanastasHaving risen upG450

Πέτρε,PetrePeter,G4074

θῦσονthusondo killG2380

καὶkaiandG2532

φάγε.phagedo eat.G5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 10:13

John 4:31-34
In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Jeremiah 35:2-5
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
Acts 10:10
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Rise.
10; Jer 35:2-5; Joh 4:31-34
kill.Or, sacrifice and eat, [thusia kai phago .] 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Acts 10:12
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Acts 10:13
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Acts 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

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Acts 10:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y le vino una voz: Levántate, Pedro, mata y come.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et une voix lui fut adressée, disant: Lève-toi, Pierre, tue et mange.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und eine Stimme geschah zu ihm: Stehe auf, Petrus, schlachte und iß!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et facta est vox ad eum: Surge, Petre: occide, et manduca.