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Acts 10:15
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But the voice was adamant and said, "It ain't your job to declare something clean or not. If God says to eat it, then it is clean and you can eat it."
Again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy."
Again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled."
And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
And [there was] a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
And a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed you must not call common."
Again, a second time, a voice said to him, "What God has made clean, you must not call common."
A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not make unholy."
And the voice came to him again, the second time, What God hath purified, call not thou common.
Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."
And the voice spake vnto him againe the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
And again a voice came to him a second time , What things God made clean, you do not make common.
And the voyce spake vnto him agayne ye secode tyme: What God hath clensed, yt make not thou vncleane.
and the voice spake to him again the second time, don't call that common, which God calls clean.
The voice came a second time: "If God says it's okay, it's okay."
And the voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy)."
And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."
And the voyce spake vnto him agayne the seconde tyme: what God hath clensed that make thou not comen.
And a voice [came] to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, don't make common.
And the voice [spoke] to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
and [there is] a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'
But the voice said to him again, "God has made these things clean, so don't call them ‘unholy'!"
The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"
The voice spoke to him again, "When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat."
The voice spoke to him a second time: "Stop treating as unclean what God has made clean."
And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has made clean, do not call common."
And the voyce spake vnto him againe the second time, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.
And again the voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, you should not call unclean.
A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not make unholy."
Again a voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean."Matthew 15:11; Acts 15:28; Romans 14:14,17, 20; 1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Timothy 4:4; Titus 1:15;">[xr]
And again the second time was to him, Those (things) which Aloha cleanseth make not thou profane. [fn]
And again the second time, there was a voice to him: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.
But the voice spoke again: "Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean."
The voice said the second time, "What God has made clean you must not say is unclean."
And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
The voice said to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not call profane."
And a voice came again, a second time, unto him - What things, God, hath cleansed, be not, thou, making common.
And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common.
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
And the voice came again to him for the second time: "The things which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!"
And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
But the voice said to him again, "God has made these things pure. Don't say they are unfit to eat."
Again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy."
The voice spoke to him again, "Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."
And eft the secounde tyme the vois was maad to him, That thing that God hath clensid, seye thou not vnclene.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What: Acts 10:28, Acts 11:9, Acts 15:9, Acts 15:20, Acts 15:29, Matthew 15:11, Revelation 14:14-17, Revelation 14:20, 1 Corinthians 10:25, Galatians 2:12, Galatians 2:13, 1 Timothy 4:3-5, Titus 1:15, Hebrews 9:9, Hebrews 9:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:19 - General Joshua 22:19 - unclean Zechariah 14:20 - shall there Mark 7:2 - defiled Luke 11:41 - all Romans 14:14 - unclean Romans 14:20 - All
Cross-References
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.
Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered
These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
And Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the voice spake unto him again the second time,.... The following words,
what God hath cleansed; that is, hath pronounced clean and lawful to be used, as he now had all sorts of food, Matthew 15:11.
[that] call not thou common; or pronounce it to be unholy or unclean, and unlawful to be used: and the same holds good of men, as well as things; for as hereby the Lord instructed Peter, that there was nothing of itself common, or unclean, and unfit for use; so that no man, not any Gentile, Barbarian, Scythian, or be he who he would, was common or unclean, and his company to be avoided as such. Distinctions both of men and meats were now to be laid aside; and the Jews themselves own, that what is now unclean, will be clean in the time to come, or the times of the Messiah; they say f,
"every beast which is unclean in this world, the holy blessed God מטהר אותה, cleanses it, in the time to come, (the times of the Messiah,) as they were at first clean to the sons of Noah Genesis 9:3, wherefore, as the herb was clean to all, and as the beasts were clean to the sons of Noah; so also in the time to come he will loose what he has bound, or forbidden.''
And particularly they observe, that a swine is call הזיר from הזר, "to return", because the Lord will return it unto Israel. g
f R. Moses Haddarsan in Galatin. l. 11. c. 12. & Bereshit Rabba in Pugio Fidei, c. 12. sect. 1. g Abarbinel Rosh Amana, c. 12. fol. 18. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
What God hath cleansed - What God has pronounced or declared pure. If God has commanded you to do a thing, it is not impure or wrong. Perhaps Peter would suppose that the design of this vision was to instruct him that the distinction between clean and unclean food, as recognized by the Jews, was about to be abolished, Acts 10:17. But the result showed that it had a higher and more important design. It was to show him that they who had been esteemed by the Jews as unclean or profane - the entire Gentile world - might now be admitted to similar privileges with the Jews. That barrier was robe broken down, and the whole world was to be admitted to the same fellowship and privileges in the gospel. See Ephesians 2:14; Galatians 3:28. It was also true that the ceremonial laws of the Jews in regard to clean and unclean beasts was to pass away, though this was not directly taught in this vision. But when once the barrier was removed that separated the Jews and Gentiles, all the laws which were founded on such a distinction, and which were framed to keep up such a distinction, passed away of course. The ceremonial laws of the Jews were designed solely to keep up the distinction between them and other nations. When the distinction was abolished; when other nations were to be admitted to the same privileges, the laws which were made to keep up such a difference received their death-blow, and expired of course. For it is a maxim of all law, that when the reason why a law was made ceases to exist, the law becomes obsolete. Yet it was not easy to convince the Jews that their laws ceased to be binding. This point the apostles labored to establish; and from this point arose most of the difficulties between the Jewish and Gentile converts to Christianity. See Acts 15:0; and Rom. 14–15:
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 10:15. What God hath cleansed — God, who made at first the distinction between Jews and Gentiles, has a right to remove it, whenever and by whatever means he pleases: he, therefore, who made the distinction, for wise purposes, between the clean and the unclean, now pronounces all to be clean. He had authority to do the first; he has authority to do the last. God has purposed that the Gentiles shall have the Gospel preached to them: what he therefore has cleansed, "that call not thou common."
