up’ (9:34), is now told in a trance: ‘Get up Peter. Kill and eat’ (10:13). In the vision Peter saw the heavens open and a sheet let down containing clean and unclean animals. Peter responds: ‘Surely not, Lord’ (v. 14). This happens three times-familiar for Peter, no doubt! When it comes to inappropriate responses to God, Peter has plenty of ‘runs on the board’! Jesus tells him where to throw his net and he responds that he has been fishing all night for nothing, so it will probably be a waste of
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