Acts 11:9
And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean, do not thou call common.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
In Context
8And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
10And this was done three times: and all were taken up again into heaven.
Cross References
Acts 10:15And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common.
Acts 10:34And Peter opening his mouth, said: In very deed I perceive, that God is not a respecter of persons.
1 Timothy 4:5For it is sanctified by the word of God and 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 →