Acts 11:9
And again, a voice from heaven said to me: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
In Context
8And I said: Far be it, my Lord. For never hath any thing polluted or unclean entered my mouth.
10And this was done three times: and the whole was taken up to heaven.
Cross References
Acts 10:15And again the second time, there was a voice to him: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.
Acts 10:34And Simon opened his mouth, and said: Truly I discover that God is no respecter of persons.
1 Timothy 4:5for it is sanctified by the word of God and by 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 →