Acts 10:14
“No, Lord, I cannot,” answered Peter, “for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.”
Open English Bible (US)
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 →