Acts 10:14
And Simon said: Far be it, my Lord: for never have I eaten any thing unclean and polluted.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 a voice came to him, which said: Simon, arise, slay and eat.
15And again the second time, there was a voice to him: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.
Cross References
Matthew 16:22And Cephas took him, and began to rebuke him; and he said: Far be it from thee, my Lord, that this should be to thee.
Luke 1:60And his mother answered and said: Not so; but John, shall he be called.
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 →