Acts 10:14

Acts 10:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)“Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”

Context of Acts 10:14

12and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky. 13A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.” 15Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.” 16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.

Acts 10:14 word by word

ὁ δὲ Πέτρος εἶπεν· μηδαμῶς, κύριε· ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον.Read the interlinear

• But PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• By noμηδαμῶςmēdamōs · surely notG3365
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• I have neverοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• eatenἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• anythingπᾶςpas · allG3956
• unholyκοινόςkoinos · common: unsanctifiedG2839
• and uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169

Cross-references for Acts 10:14

• Genesis 19:18But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!
• Exodus 10:11Not so! Go now, but only the men among you, and serve the Lord, since that is what you desire.” So they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
• Matthew 16:22And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You!”
• Matthew 25:9However, the prudent ones answered, ‘No, there most certainly would not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’
• Luke 1:60And yet his mother responded and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.”
• Leviticus 11:1The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
• Leviticus 20:25You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean.
• Deuteronomy 14:1“You are sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave a bald spot above your forehead for the dead.
• Ezekiel 4:14But I said, “Oh, Lord God! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth!”
• Ezekiel 44:31The priests shall not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces by animals.

Commentaries on Acts 10:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Common or unclean - By common, , whatever was in general use among the Gentiles is to be understood; by , unclean, every thing that was forbidden by the Mosaic law. However, the one word may be considered as explanatory of the other. The rabbins themselves, and many of the primitive fathers, believed that by the unclean animals forbidden by the law the Gentiles were meant.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I have never eaten … - In the Old Testament God had made a distinction between clean and unclean animals. See Leviticus 11:2-27; Deuteronomy 14:3-20. This law remained in the Scriptures, and Peter pled that he had never violated it, implying that he could not now violate it, as it was a law of God, and that, as it was unrepealed, he did not dare to act in a different manner from what it required. Between that law and the command which he now received in…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. 14See Leviticus 11 for a list of animals that Jewish laws have declared impure and ceremonially unclean.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

Topics related to Acts 10:14

• Animals
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• Missions
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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