Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”

I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’

Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.