Acts 11:7
5 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:
6 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.
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
- KJV
- And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
- WEB
- I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
- ASV
- And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
- DARBY
- And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
- BLB
- And also I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat.’
- ÅB
- Jeg hørte også en røst som sa til meg: Stå opp, Peter! slakt og spis!
- OTB
- Så hørte jeg en stemme som sa til meg: ‘Stå opp, Peter; slakt og spis.’
- B1930
- Jeg hørte også en røst som sa til mig: Stå op, Peter! slakt og et!