Acts 10:14
And Peter said, “Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean”;
Literal Standard 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 there came a voice to him: “Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.”
15and [there is] a voice again a second time to him: “What God cleansed, you do not declare common”;
Cross References
Exodus 10:11Not so! Go now, you who [are] men, and serve YHWH, for that you are seeking”; and [one] casts them out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Leviticus 20:25And you have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the pure, and you do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by anything which creeps [on] the ground which I have separated to you for unclean.
Deuteronomy 14:4this [is] the beast which you eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,
Ezekiel 44:31The priests do not eat any carcass or torn thing, from the bird or from the beast.”
Matthew 16:22And having taken Him aside, Peter began to rebuke Him, saying, “Be kind to Yourself, Lord; this will not be to You”;
Luke 1:60and his mother answering said, “No, but he will 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 →