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Acts 10:15

Acts 10:15
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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, Mat 15:11.…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 10:9-18

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And the[a] voice spake unto him again the second time coming from heaven as the first voice had come. There is no verb in the original, and it would perhaps be better to supply "came" rather than…