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

Then I heard a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter; slay and eat.

opening them clearly, and laying it evidently down that the Messiah must suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this man is the Messiah, even Jesus, whom I preach unto you.

that the Messiah should suffer, [and] that he being the first who should rise from the dead, should display light to the people, and to the Gentiles.