King James Version
Acts 11:7 in the King James Version says “And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.”
Acts 11:7 · KJV
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“a voice”
G5456a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“slay”
G2380properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e., (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (s
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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