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Acts 10:14 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.Acts 10:14 · King James Version
Acts 10:14 in context
12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commonkoinoscommon, commonG2839 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
- neveroudepoteneverG3763 →
- eatenphágōto eat, to eat a thing, to take food, eat a meal, metaph. to devour, consumeG5315 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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Cornelius had received positive orders from heaven to send for Peter, whom otherwise he had not heard of, or at least not heeded; but here is another difficulty that lies in the way of bringing them together - the question is whether Peter will come to Cornelius when he is sent for;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18