11:4 彼得就開口把這事挨次給他們講解說:
11:5 「我在約帕城裡禱告的時候,魂遊象外,看見異象,有一物降下,好像一塊大布,繫著四角,從天縋下,直來到我跟前。
11:6 我定睛觀看,見內中有地上四足的牲畜和野獸、昆蟲,並天上的飛鳥。
11:7 我且聽見有聲音向我說:『彼得,起來,宰了吃!』
11:8 我說:『主啊,這是不可的!凡俗而不潔淨的物從來沒有入過我的口。』
11:9 第二次,有聲音從天上說:『上帝所潔淨的,你不可當作俗物。』
11:10 這樣一連三次,就都收回天上去了。
4 Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. 6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. 7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
8 “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ 10 This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
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彼得重述自己看見的異象,不只一次,還展現三次!不僅如此,還聽見上帝的聲音說:「上帝所潔淨的,你不可當作俗物。」
以此來說出自己到哥泥流這個外邦人的家,不是隨著自己的感動或想法,而是上帝的呼召!也因為如此,他是不得不要去外邦人的家裡傳福音。但是,這一切都是出於上帝,而不是個人性的作為。
既然是上帝的作為,彼得就勇敢交代,毫不怕猶太人的質疑!祂的見證,更是激勵我們要愛上帝,勇敢為上帝做見證,上帝必定會負責的!
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