Acts 11:9

And the voice answered the second time from heaven, That thing that God hath cleansed, say thou not unclean.

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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, Nay, Lord; for common thing either unclean entered never into my mouth. (But I said, No, Lord; for a common or an unclean thing hath never entered into my mouth.)

10And this was done by thrice, and (then) all (the) things were received again into heaven.

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Cross References

Acts 10:15And again the second time the voice was made to him, That thing that God hath cleansed, say thou not unclean.

Acts 10:34And Peter opened his mouth, and said, In truth I have found, that God is no acceptor of persons, (or In truth I have found, that God hath no favourites among people);

1 Timothy 4:5for it is hallowed 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 →

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