American Standard Version
"And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat. "
— Acts 11:7, American Standard Version
“And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.”
“I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'”
“I also heard a voice saying to me,‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’”
“And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.”
“And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.”
“And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.”
But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:
upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.