Acts 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord, because I have never eaten anything profane or unclean.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
In Context
13And a voice came to him, After rising, Peter, kill and eat.
15And a voice again for a second time, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.
Cross References
Exodus 10:11Not so. Go ye now who are men, and serve LORD, for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
Leviticus 20:25Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. And ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Ezekiel 44:31The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.
Matthew 16:22And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, Be merciful to thee, Lord. This will, no, not be to thee.
Luke 1:60And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John.
Matthew Henry on Acts 10:10-19
Peter's Vision. 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of… Read the whole commentary →