Acts 10:15

Acts 10:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
• New International Version (NIV)The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has made clean, do not call common."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”

Context of Acts 10:15

13A voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat.” 14“No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.” Again, a second time, the voice said to him, “What God has made clean, do not call impure.” 16This happened three times, and suddenly the object was taken up into heaven. 17While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, right away the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

Acts 10:15 word by word

καὶ φωνὴ πάλιν ἐκ δευτέρου πρὸς αὐτόν· ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν, σὺ μὴ κοίνου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• ·ἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the second timeδεύτεροςdeuteros · secondlyG1208
• Whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath cleansedκαθαρίζωkatharizō · to cleanG2511
• callκοινόωkoinoō · to profaneG2840
• notμήmē · notG3361
• thouσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Acts 10:15

• Acts 10:28Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person impure or unclean.
• Acts 11:9But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call impure.’
• Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
• Matthew 15:11It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth — this defiles a person.”
• Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and one like the Son of Man was seated on the cloud, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
• 1 Corinthians 10:25Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,
• Galatians 2:12For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.
• 1 Timothy 4:3They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.
• Hebrews 9:9This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

Commentaries on Acts 10:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15What 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15What 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16God gave Peter the same vision three times to confirm it was true (see Genesis 41:32; 2 Corinthians 13:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-169-16. upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement. the sixth hour--noon.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings