Acts 10:14
But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that was defiled and unclean.”
Unlocked Literal 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
13Then a voice spoke to him: “Rise, Peter, kill and eat.”
15But the voice came to him again a second time: “What God has cleansed, do not call it defiled.”
Cross References
Exodus 10:11No! Go, just the men among you, and worship Yahweh, for that is what you want.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
Leviticus 20:25You must therefore distinguish between the clean animals and the unclean, and between the unclean birds and the clean. You must not defile yourselves with unclean animals or birds or with any creature that crawls along the ground, which I have separated as unclean from you.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Ezekiel 44:31The priests will not eat any carcass or animal torn by a beast, whether bird or beast.
Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him aside and rebuked him, saying, “May this be far from you, Lord; may this never happen to you.”
Luke 1:60But his mother answered and said, “No. 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 →