And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
The voice came from heaven so Peter would know God Himself spoke it and made clean what the law had declared unclean. Some labor to squeeze out an allegory about spiritual sacrifice from the word kill, but plainness suits me better: God hereby abolished the law of clean and unclean beasts and teaches that He rejects no people.
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Peter clung to Jewish prejudice against Gentiles, thinking association with them brought ceremonial pollution. Scripture had plainly spoken of the Gentiles entering the church, Christ Himself had ordered it, yet Peter could not see it until God broke his bigotry with a vision.
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Commenting on Acts 10:9-18
Christ Himself formed this voice and called Peter by name to strengthen him. He commands Peter to kill and eat all creatures without distinction, abolishing the old separation between clean and unclean. The point is clear: Peter must now treat all men alike, Gentile and Jew, and preach the Gospel and share church communion with both equally.
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