Acts 11:9
But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
American Standard Version
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, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
10And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Cross References
Acts 10:15And a voice [came] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
Acts 10:34And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
1 Timothy 4:5for it is sanctified through 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 →