Acts 10:14
‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ answered Peter, ‘for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.’
Open English Bible (UK)
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
13Then he was aware of a voice which said – ‘Stand up, Peter, kill something, and eat.’
Cross References
Matthew 16:22But Peter took Jesus aside, and began to rebuke him. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘please God that will never be your fate!’
Luke 1:60when his mother spoke up, ‘No, he is to 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 →