Acts 10:15
New International Version
The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

New Living Translation
But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”

English Standard Version
And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”

Berean Standard Bible
The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

Berean Literal Bible
And a voice came again to him for the second time: "What God has cleansed, you do not call common."

King James Bible
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

New King James Version
And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”

New American Standard Bible
Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”

NASB 1995
Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”

NASB 1977
And again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.”

Amplified Bible
And the voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).”

Christian Standard Bible
Again, a second time, the voice said to him, “What God has made clean, do not call impure.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”

American Standard Version
And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

Contemporary English Version
The voice spoke to him again, "When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat."

English Revised Version
And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A voice spoke to him a second time, "Don't say that the things which God has made clean are impure."

Good News Translation
The voice spoke to him again, "Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."

International Standard Version
Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean."

Majority Standard Bible
The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

NET Bible
The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"

New Heart English Bible
A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."

Webster's Bible Translation
And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Weymouth New Testament
Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."

World English Bible
A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and [there is] a voice again a second time to him: “What God cleansed, you do not declare common”;

Berean Literal Bible
And a voice came again to him for the second time: "What God has cleansed, you do not call common."

Young's Literal Translation
and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And a voice again of a second time to him, What things God cleansed, do not thou make common.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the voice, again a second time to him: “What God has purified, you shall not call common.”

New American Bible
The voice spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.”

New Revised Standard Version
The voice said to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And again the voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, you should not call unclean.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And a voice came again a second time to him: “Those things which God has purified you shall not make impure.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And the voice came to him again a second time: What God has cleansed, you must not call common.

Godbey New Testament
And the voice again the second time came to him, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, do not count unclean;

Haweis New Testament
And the voice again a second time came to him, What God hath cleansed, call not thou unclean.

Mace New Testament
and the voice spake to him again the second time, don't call that common, which God calls clean.

Weymouth New Testament
Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."

Worrell New Testament
And a voice came to him again, a second time, "What God cleansed, count not common."

Worsley New Testament
And the voice said to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, do not thou account polluted.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Peter's Vision
14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” 15 The voice spoke to him a second time: Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” 16This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.…

Cross References
Mark 7:18-19
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

Romans 14:14
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

1 Timothy 4:4-5
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Genesis 9:3
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

Leviticus 11:1-47
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, / “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: / You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. ...

Deuteronomy 14:3-21
You must not eat any detestable thing. / These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ...

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Ezekiel 4:14
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Matthew 15:17-20
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated? / But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. / For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. ...

Colossians 2:16-17
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Romans 14:20
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

1 Corinthians 10:25-26
Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

Galatians 2:11-14
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. / For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group. / The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. ...


Treasury of Scripture

And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not you common.

What.

Acts 10:28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Acts 11:9
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Acts 15:9,20,29
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith…

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Acts 10
1. Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,
11. who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;
17. and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.
25. Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.
34. As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,
44. the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they are baptized.














The voice spoke to him a second time
This phrase indicates divine communication, emphasizing the importance of the message. In the biblical narrative, God often repeats Himself to ensure understanding and obedience, as seen with figures like Moses and Samuel. The Greek word for "voice" (φωνή, phōnē) suggests an authoritative proclamation, underscoring the divine origin of the message. The repetition "a second time" highlights the necessity of Peter's comprehension and the significance of the revelation about to unfold.

Do not call anything impure
The term "impure" (κοινός, koinos) in Greek refers to something common or unclean, often used in Jewish law to describe foods or practices that were not ceremonially clean. This phrase challenges Peter's Jewish understanding of purity laws, which were deeply ingrained in his cultural and religious identity. The historical context here is crucial, as Jewish dietary laws were a significant boundary marker between Jews and Gentiles. This command is radical, as it begins to dismantle these barriers, preparing the way for the inclusion of Gentiles into the early Christian community.

that God has made clean
The phrase "has made clean" (καθαρίζω, katharizō) signifies a divine act of purification. In the Old Testament, God alone has the authority to declare something clean or unclean, as seen in Levitical laws. This statement reveals a transformative shift in God's redemptive plan, where the ceremonial laws are fulfilled in Christ, and the focus moves to the purity of the heart rather than external observances. Theologically, this signifies the new covenant in Christ, where all believers, Jew and Gentile alike, are made clean through faith in Jesus. This revelation is pivotal in the narrative of Acts, as it sets the stage for the gospel to reach all nations, breaking down the dividing wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:14).

(15) What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.--In the framework of the vision, the clean and the unclean beasts stood on the same footing, were let down from heaven in the same sheet. That had purified them from whatever taint had adhered to them under the precepts of the Law. In the interpretation of the vision, all that belongs to humanity had been taken up into heaven; first, when man's nature was assumed by the Eternal Word in the Incarnation (John 1:14), and, secondly, when that nature had been raised in the Ascension to the heaven of heavens, sitting on the right hand of God (Acts 7:56; Mark 16:19).

Verse 15. - A voice for the voice, A.V.; came for spake, A.V.; make not for that call not, A.V. What God hath cleansed, etc. "The Law was our schoolmaster ['tutor,' R.V.] to bring us to Christ." But now, under the gospel of faith, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. There is neither Jew nor Greek. "Old things are passed away, and all things are become new."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[The] voice
φωνὴ (phōnē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

[spoke] to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

him
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a second time:
δευτέρου (deuterou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 1208: Second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time. As the compare of duo; second.

“Do not call anything impure
κοίνου (koinou)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2840: To make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean. From koinos; to make profane.

that
(Ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

has made clean.”
ἐκαθάρισεν (ekatharisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2511: To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.


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