Acts 10:14
But Peter said: “Far be it from me, lord. For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”
Catholic Public Domain 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: “Rise up, Peter! Kill and eat.”
15And the voice, again a second time to him: “What God has purified, you shall not call common.”
Cross References
Exodus 10:11It will not be so. However, go only with the men, and sacrifice to the Lord. For this, too, is what you yourselves requested.” And immediately they were cast out from the sight of Pharaoh.
Leviticus 20:25Therefore, you must also separate the clean animals from the unclean, and the clean birds from the unclean. Do not pollute your souls with cattle, or birds, or anything that moves upon the earth, and which I have shown you to be unclean.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the animals which you ought to eat: the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,
Ezekiel 44:31The priests shall not consume anything which has died on its own, or which was seized by a beast, whether from the fowl or the cattle.”
Matthew 16:22And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Lord, may it be far from you; this shall not happen to you.”
Luke 1:60And in response, his mother said: “Not so. Instead, he shall 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 →