Acts 10:14
But Kefa said, Chalilah li, Adonoi! For I have never eaten basar piggul (unclean meat) or shikkutz tameh (abominable unclean thing). + 10:14 Lv 11:4-20,25; Dt 14:3-20; Ezek 4:14
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 bat kol (voice) to him, Get up, Kefa, kill and eat!
Cross References
Exodus 10:11Not so; go now ye that are gevarim, and serve Hashem; for that ye did request. And they were driven out from Pharaohʼs presence.
Leviticus 20:25Ye shall therefore distinguish habehemah hatehorah from teme'ah, and between fowls tamei and tahor: and ye shall not make your nefashot sheketz (abomination) by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as tamei.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the shor, the seh, and the izzim,
Ezekiel 44:31The Kohanim shall not eat of any thing nevelah, or terefah, whether it be oph or behemah.
Matthew 16:22And Kefa took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, Chas vshalom (G-d forbid)! Adoni, this shall never happen to you!
Luke 1:60And in reply, his Em said: Lo, but he will be called Yochanan.
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 →