Acts 11:7
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 11:7 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'
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World English Bible Public Domain
I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'
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King James Version Public Domain
And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Peter, arising, kill and eat!’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
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King James Version Public Domain
And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Also I heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Arise, Peter: slay and eate.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Then I heard a voice say to me, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat!”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Peter, arising, kill and eat!’
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Then I heard a voice that told me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat.’
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And I herde a voyce sayinge vnto me: aryse Peter sley and eate.
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- Appears 14× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 22:4
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Imperative
- Person
- 2nd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- ἤκουσα akoúō G191 “to hear” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- φωνῆς phōnḗ G5456 “voice” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- λεγούσης légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- μοι egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Dative, Singular
- ἀναστάς anístēmi G450 “to raise” Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- Πέτρε Pétros G4074 “Peter” Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine
- θῦσον thýō G2380 “to sacrifice” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- φάγε phágō G5315 “to eat” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 11
- words
- 10
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is θῦσον to sacrifice G2380 — appearing just 14 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
θῦσον to sacrifice G2380 occurs in 13 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- καὶ and G2532 ×2
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 11 words (10 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is thýō (“to sacrifice”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “to sacrifice” (thýō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- Matthew 22:4 shares the word «to sacrifice» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “and” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how John Gill's Exposition and Matthew Poole's English Annotations read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
- “and” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 10 distinct Greek lemmas span 11 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 11:7 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.