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Acts 10:15

PurityGod's will and calling

13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
KJV
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
WEB
A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”
ASV
And a voice [came] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
DARBY
And [there was] a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
BLB
And a voice [came] again to him for the second time: “What God has cleansed, you do not call common.”
ÅB
Og det kom en stemme til ham igjen, for annen gang: Det som Gud har renset, det må ikke du kalle urent.
OTB
Stemmen talte til ham igjen: "Det Gud har renset, skal du ikke kalle urent."
B1930
Og det kom atter en røst, for annen gang, til ham: Det som Gud har renset, det må ikke du gjøre til urent.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:25

    Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

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  • Matthew 15:11

    Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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  • Titus 1:15

    Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

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  • Mark 7:19

    Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

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  • 1 Timothy 4:3–5

    Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

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  • Romans 14:14

    I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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  • Acts 10:28

    And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

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  • Acts 11:9

    But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

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