Acts 11:9
But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
In Context
8But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.
10And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.
Cross References
Acts 10:15And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
Acts 10:34Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
1 Timothy 4:5For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19
Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →