Acts 11:9
But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
In Context
8But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
10This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Cross References
Acts 10:15A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”
Acts 10:34Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favouritism;
1 Timothy 4:5For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19
Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →