Acts 10:14
But Peter said: Not so, Lord; for I never ate anything common or unclean.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter; slay, and eat.
15And a voice came to him again, the second time: What God cleansed, call not thou common.
Cross References
Matthew 16:22And Peter taking him aside began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from thee, Lord; this shall not be to thee.
Luke 1:60And his mother answered and said: Nay; but 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 →