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For never have I eaten anything common or unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But Peter said, &#8220By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, “Not at all, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common (unholy) and [ceremonially] unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“No, Lord! ” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, Lord!&#8221 Peter said. &#8220For I have never eaten anything common and ritually unclean!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But Peter said, "Lord, I can't do that! I've never eaten anything that is unclean and not fit to eat." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Peter answered, "I can't do that, Lord! I've never eaten anything that is impure or unclean." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually unclean or defiled." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But Peter said, "Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?No, Lord!? Peter answered. ?I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"On no account, Lord," he replied; "for I have never yet eaten anything unholy and impure."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Peter said, “Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, "In no way, Lord! For never have I eaten anything common or unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Peter said, By no means, Lord; for never ate I anything common or unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said: Far be it from me; for I never did eat any thing that is common and unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But Peter said: “Far be it from me, lord. For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But Peter said, “Certainly not, sir. For never have I eaten anything profane and unclean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But Simon Peter said, Far be it, my LORD; for I have never eaten anything which was unclean and defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And Shimeon said, “Never, my Lord, because I have never eaten anything defiled or polluted.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />But Peter said: By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And Peter said, By no means, Lord, because I never was in the habit of eating anything unconsecrated and unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But Peter said, By no means, Lord for I have never at any time eaten of any thing common or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but Peter said, not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"On no account, Lord," he replied; "for I have never yet eaten anything unholy and impure."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />But Peter said, "By no means, Lord! because never at any time did I eat anything common or unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing polluted or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/10-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=3189" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/10.htm">Peter's Vision</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3365.htm" title="3365: Mēdamōs (Adv) -- By no means, not at all. Adverb from a compound of me and amos; by no means.">“No,</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyrie (N-VMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord!”</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4074.htm" title="4074: Petros (N-NMS) -- Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.">Peter</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">answered.</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">“</a> <a href="/greek/3763.htm" title="3763: oudepote (Adv) -- Never. From oude and pote; not even at any time, i.e. Never at all."></a> <a href="/greek/5315.htm" title="5315: ephagon (V-AIA-1S) -- A primary verb; to eat.">I have never eaten</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pan (Adj-ANS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">anything</a> <a href="/greek/2839.htm" title="2839: koinon (Adj-ANS) -- Probably from sun; common, i.e. shared by all or several, or profane.">impure</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">or</a> <a href="/greek/169.htm" title="169: akatharton (Adj-ANS) -- Unclean, impure. Impure (lewd) or specially, (demonic).">unclean.”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">15</span>The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Leviticus 11:4-8</a></span><br />But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. / The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. / The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">Deuteronomy 14:3-21</a></span><br />You must not eat any detestable thing. / These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Isaiah 65:4-5</a></span><br />sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. / They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-14.htm">Mark 7:14-19</a></span><br />Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand: / Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.” / If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-11.htm">Galatians 2:11-14</a></span><br />When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. / For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group. / The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a></span><br />They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Leviticus 20:25-26</a></span><br />You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you. / You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Daniel 1:8</a></span><br />But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-18</a></span><br />Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.</p><p class="hdg">Not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-18.htm">Genesis 19:18</a></b></br> And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-11.htm">Exodus 10:11</a></b></br> Not so: go now ye <i>that are</i> men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/16-22.htm">Matthew 16:22</a></b></br> Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.</p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">Leviticus 11:1-17</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Leviticus 20:25</a></b></br> Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1-29</a></b></br> Ye <i>are</i> the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/10-8.htm">Account</a> <a href="/acts/5-18.htm">Common</a> <a href="/acts/10-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/acts/10-10.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/acts/10-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Impure</a> <a href="/acts/9-36.htm">Means</a> <a href="/acts/10-13.htm">Peter</a> <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/acts/9-43.htm">Time</a> <a href="/acts/8-7.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Unholy</a> <a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/11-4.htm">Account</a> <a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Common</a> <a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Food</a> <a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Impure</a> <a href="/acts/11-8.htm">Means</a> <a href="/acts/10-17.htm">Peter</a> <a href="/acts/10-47.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Unholy</a> <a href="/acts/11-8.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-1.htm">Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-11.htm">who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-17.htm">and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-25.htm">Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-34.htm">As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-44.htm">the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they are baptized.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>“No, Lord!”</b><br>Peter's response is immediate and emphatic, indicating his strong adherence to Jewish dietary laws. This reflects his deep commitment to the Mosaic Law, which he has followed all his life. The use of "Lord" signifies Peter's recognition of divine authority, yet his refusal shows the tension between his traditional beliefs and the new revelation being presented to him. This moment highlights the struggle early Jewish Christians faced in reconciling their heritage with the expanding understanding of God's plan.<p><b>Peter answered.</b><br>Peter's role as a leader among the apostles is evident here. His response is personal and direct, showing his active engagement in the vision. This interaction is part of a larger narrative where Peter is being prepared to take the gospel to the Gentiles, a significant shift in the early church's mission. Peter's answer also reflects his character as someone who is not afraid to question and seek understanding, as seen in other parts of the New Testament.<p><b>“I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”</b><br>This statement underscores Peter's adherence to Levitical laws found in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a>, which outline clean and unclean animals. These dietary laws were a significant part of Jewish identity and religious practice, serving to set the Israelites apart from other nations. Peter's declaration of never having eaten anything impure or unclean highlights his faithfulness to these laws. This moment is pivotal as it challenges the early church to move beyond Jewish customs and embrace a new covenant where such distinctions are no longer necessary. This vision prepares Peter for his encounter with Cornelius, a Gentile, and signifies the breaking down of barriers between Jews and Gentiles, as further explained in <a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14-16</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a></b><br>One of Jesus' twelve apostles, known for his leadership in the early church. In this passage, Peter is having a vision that challenges his understanding of Jewish dietary laws.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/vision_of_the_sheet.htm">Vision of the Sheet</a></b><br>Peter experiences a vision where a sheet descends from heaven containing various animals, and a voice instructs him to kill and eat. This vision is pivotal in expanding the early church's mission to include Gentiles.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joppa.htm">Joppa</a></b><br>The city where Peter is staying at the house of Simon the tanner when he receives the vision. Joppa is a significant location for Peter's ministry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cornelius.htm">Cornelius</a></b><br>A Roman centurion who is devout and God-fearing. His encounter with Peter following this vision marks a significant moment in the inclusion of Gentiles in the Christian faith.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jewish_dietary_laws.htm">Jewish Dietary Laws</a></b><br>The laws found in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a> and <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Deuteronomy 14</a>, which outline clean and unclean animals. These laws are central to Peter's initial refusal to eat the animals in the vision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_broader_plan.htm">Understanding God's Broader Plan</a></b><br>Peter's vision challenges him to see beyond traditional boundaries and understand God's inclusive plan for salvation. We are called to be open to God's leading, even when it challenges our preconceived notions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_down_barriers.htm">Breaking Down Barriers</a></b><br>The vision signifies the breaking down of barriers between Jews and Gentiles. As Christians, we should strive to break down barriers that separate us from others, promoting unity and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_voice.htm">Obedience to God's Voice</a></b><br>Despite his initial hesitation, Peter ultimately obeys God's command. We should be willing to listen and respond to God's voice, even when it requires us to step out of our comfort zones.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_sensitivity_and_evangelism.htm">Cultural Sensitivity and Evangelism</a></b><br>Peter's experience teaches us the importance of cultural sensitivity in evangelism. We must respect and understand different cultures while sharing the gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_of_mindset.htm">Transformation of Mindset</a></b><br>Peter's vision represents a transformation in mindset. We should be open to allowing God to transform our thinking to align with His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_peter's_vision_contradict_leviticus_11.htm">Acts 10:9–16 – Does Peter’s vision about eating unclean animals contradict Leviticus 11 and God’s previous dietary laws? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_acts_10_contradict_leviticus_11.htm">If Leviticus 11 is God’s eternal command, why does Acts 10:9–16 appear to contradict these dietary laws? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_acts_14_27_mention_gentile_faith.htm">Why would Acts 14:27 assert God 'opened a door of faith to the Gentiles' when earlier passages (e.g., Acts 10) already describe Gentile inclusion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_cornelius_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Cornelius in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Not so, Lord . . .</span>--The emphatic resistance even to a voice from heaven is strikingly in harmony with the features of St. Peter's character, as portrayed in the Gospels, with the "Be it far from thee, Lord," when he heard of the coming Passion (<a href="/matthew/16-22.htm" title="Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord: this shall not be to you.">Matthew 16:22</a>), with "Thou shalt never wash my feet," in <a href="/john/13-8.htm" title="Peter said to him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash you not, you have no part with me.">John 13:8</a>. He had been taught that that which "goeth into the mouth cannot defile the man" (<a href="/mark/7-15.htm" title="There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.">Mark 7:15</a>), but he had not taken in that truth in its fulness, either in its literal or symbolic meaning.<p><span class= "bld">Any thing that is common or unclean.</span>--"Common" is used, as in <a href="/mark/7-2.htm" title="And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they found fault.">Mark 7:2</a>, in the sense of "defiled" or "impure," that which excludes the idea of consecration to a special service.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> <span class="accented">- And unclean</span> for or <span class="accented">unclean</span>, A.V. and T.R. It is rather a striking testimony to Peter's religious character as a Jew before his call to the apostolate, that, poor Galilaean fisherman as he was, unlearned and ignorant, he had yet always conscientiously obeyed the Law of Moses in regard to things clean and unclean (comp. <a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Daniel 1:8-15</a>). The address, <span class="cmt_word">Lord</span> (<span class="greek">Κύριε</span>), seems certainly to recognize the voice as that of Christ, which also agrees with the descent of the vessel from heaven. The answer is very similar to the refusals in <a href="/matthew/16-22.htm">Matthew 16:22</a>; <a href="/john/13-8.htm">John 13:8</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/10-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">“No,</span><br /><span class="grk">Μηδαμῶς</span> <span class="translit">(Mēdamōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3365.htm">Strong's 3365: </a> </span><span class="str2">By no means, not at all. Adverb from a compound of me and amos; by no means.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lord!”</span><br /><span class="grk">Κύριε</span> <span class="translit">(Kyrie)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Peter</span><br /><span class="grk">Πέτρος</span> <span class="translit">(Petros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4074.htm">Strong's 4074: </a> </span><span class="str2">Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">answered.</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶπεν</span> <span class="translit">(eipen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“I have never eaten</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔφαγον</span> <span class="translit">(ephagon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary verb; to eat.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anything</span><br /><span class="grk">πᾶν</span> <span class="translit">(pan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">impure</span><br /><span class="grk">κοινὸν</span> <span class="translit">(koinon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2839.htm">Strong's 2839: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably from sun; common, i.e. shared by all or several, or profane.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">unclean.”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀκάθαρτον</span> <span class="translit">(akatharton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_169.htm">Strong's 169: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean, impure. 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