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13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

Acts 10:13

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. …

  • 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. …

  • And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-18)

Cornelius had received positive orders from heaven to send for Peter, whom otherwise he had not heard of, or at least not heeded; but here is another difficulty that lies in the way of bringing them together—the question is whether Peter will come to Cornelius when he is sent for; not as if he thought it below him to come at a beck, or as if he were afraid to preach his doctrine to a polite man as…

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