Acts 10:14 "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."

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Leviticus 11:4
Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:20
All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you.

Deuteronomy 14:4
These are the beasts which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

Ezekiel 4:14
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Daniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Matthew 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.

Matthew 15:11
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

Mark 7:2
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they found fault.

John 4:11
The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from where then have you that living water?

Acts 9:5
And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute: it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:9-18 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 what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

14. Not so, Lord—See Marginal reference.

I have never eaten anything that is common—that is, not sanctified by divine permission to eat of it, and so "unclean." "The distinction of meats was a sacrament of national distinction, separation, and consecration" [Webster and Wilkinson].