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Text -- Acts 10:14 (NET)

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10:14 But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
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Names, People and Places:
 · Peter a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter


Dictionary Themes and Topics: UNCLEANNESS | SIGN | Peter | PREACHER; PREACHING | PETER, SIMON | PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 | LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT | Dream | DEFILE; DEFILEMENT | Cornelius | Converts | Clean | COMMON | CAESAREA | BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT | Animals | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | ABLUTION | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Act 10:14 - -- Not so, Lord ( Mēdamōs , kurie ). The negative mēdamōs calls for the optative eiē (may it not be) or the imperative estō (let it b...

Not so, Lord ( Mēdamōs , kurie ).

The negative mēdamōs calls for the optative eiē (may it not be) or the imperative estō (let it be). It is not oudamōs , a blunt refusal (I shall not do it). And yet it is more than a mild protest as Page and Furneaux argue. It is a polite refusal with a reason given. Peter recognizes the invitation to slay (thuson ) the unclean animals as from the Lord (kurie ) but declines it three times.

Robertson: Act 10:14 - -- For I have never eaten anything ( hoti oudepote ephagon pan ). Second aorist active indicative, I never did anything like this and I shall not do it ...

For I have never eaten anything ( hoti oudepote ephagon pan ).

Second aorist active indicative, I never did anything like this and I shall not do it now. The use of pan (everything) with oudepote (never) is like the Hebrew (lȯ̇kōl ) though a like idiom appears in the vernacular Koiné[28928]š (Robertson, Grammar , p. 752).

Robertson: Act 10:14 - -- Common and unclean ( Koinon kai akatharton ). Koinos from epic xunos (xun , sun , together with) originally meant common to several (Latin comm...

Common and unclean ( Koinon kai akatharton ).

Koinos from epic xunos (xun , sun , together with) originally meant common to several (Latin communis ) as in Act 2:44; Act 4:32; Tit 1:4; Jud 1:3. The use seen here (also Mar 7:2, Mar 7:5; Rom 14:14; Heb 10:29; Rev 21:27; Act 10:28; Act 11:8), like Latin vulgaris is unknown in ancient Greek. Here the idea is made plain by the addition of akatharton (unclean), ceremonially unclean, of course. We have the same double use in our word "common."See notes on Mar 7:18. where Mark adds the remarkable participle katharizōn (making all meats clean), evidently from Peter who recalls this vision. Peter had been reared from childhood to make the distinction between clean and unclean food and this new proposal even from the Lord runs against all his previous training. He did not see that some of God’ s plans for the Jews could be temporary. This symbol of the sheet was to show Peter ultimately that Gentiles could be saved without becoming Jews. At this moment he is in spiritual and intellectual turmoil.

Vincent: Act 10:14 - -- Not so ( μηδαμῶς ) Stronger: by no means. " With that simple and audacious self-confidence which in his (Peter's) character was so sin...

Not so ( μηδαμῶς )

Stronger: by no means. " With that simple and audacious self-confidence which in his (Peter's) character was so singularly mingled with fits of timidity and depression, he boldly corrects the voice which orders him, and reminds the divine Interlocutor that he must, so to speak, have made an oversight" (Farrar, " Life and Works of Paul" ). Compare Mat 16:22.

Vincent: Act 10:14 - -- Common ( κοινὸν ) Unholy.

Common ( κοινὸν )

Unholy.

Wesley: Act 10:14 - -- When God commands a strange or seemingly improper thing, the first objection frequently finds pardon. But it ought not to be repeated. This doubt and ...

When God commands a strange or seemingly improper thing, the first objection frequently finds pardon. But it ought not to be repeated. This doubt and delay of St. Peter had several good effects. Hereby the will of God in this important point was made more evident and incontestable. And Peter also, having been so slow of belief himself, could the more easily bear the doubting of his brethren, Act 11:2, &c.

JFB: Act 10:9-16 - -- The flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement.

The flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement.

JFB: Act 10:9-16 - -- Noon.

Noon.

JFB: Act 10:14 - -- See Marginal reference.

See Marginal reference.

JFB: Act 10:14 - -- That is, not sanctified by divine permission to eat of it, and so "unclean." "The distinction of meats was a sacrament of national distinction, separa...

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].

Clarke: Act 10:14 - -- Common or unclean - By common, κοινον, whatever was in general use among the Gentiles is to be understood; by ακαθαρτον, unclean, e...

Common or unclean - By common, κοινον, whatever was in general use among the Gentiles is to be understood; by ακαθαρτον, 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.

Calvin: Act 10:14 - -- 14.Not so, Lord This is the voice of him which doth as well refuse, as also object to God his own commandment; for he is afraid, for good causes, to ...

14.Not so, Lord This is the voice of him which doth as well refuse, as also object to God his own commandment; for he is afraid, for good causes, to touch that which he knew was forbidden him in the law of God, (Lev 11:21, etc.) Therefore he objecteth to God the law which he himself made, lest he should break the same unadvisedly. There was a certain show of repugnancy between the law and the vision; therefore Peter is not hasty, but desireth first to have his doubt dissolved before he depart from observing the law. Yet it is a strange matter why Peter resisted more in meats than did Abraham in killing his son; for Abraham [might have] had more things to object, (Gen 22:9.) I dare not here say that that befell Peter which is too common among men, to stand more about outward and small matters than about the chief points of the law; I rather make that answer which is out of doubt, that Abraham’s mind was so persuaded, and that he was furnished with such power of the Spirit, that he overcame with 1ofty and heroical fortitude all those things which might have hindered him. But the Spirit of God wrought slenderly, 671 in Peter; whereby we are taught that every small or light thing doth cause us to doubt, unless the Lord do furnish us with counsel and constancy to overcome all fear. Yet Peter dealeth very godly and very religiously, in that being in doubt amidst divers cogitations, he dare do nothing until it better appear what he ought to follow. Common signifieth in this place profane. For because the Lord (as we have said) had chosen the Jews to be a peculiar people, he had prescribed unto them this rite and manner of living, that it might distinguish them from the profane Gentiles. Therefore, whatsoever the Gentiles did use contrary to the rule of the law, that did they call common, because there was nothing pure or holy but that which God had appointed for the use of his people.

TSK: Act 10:14 - -- Not : Gen 19:18; Exo 10:11; Mat 16:22, Mat 25:9; Luk 1:60 for : Lev. 11:1-17, Lev 20:25; Deut. 14:1-29; Eze 4:14, Eze 44:31

Not : Gen 19:18; Exo 10:11; Mat 16:22, Mat 25:9; Luk 1:60

for : Lev. 11:1-17, Lev 20:25; Deut. 14:1-29; Eze 4:14, Eze 44:31

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Act 10:14 - -- I have never eaten ... - In the Old Testament God had made a distinction between clean and unclean animals. See Lev. 11:2-27; Deut. 14:3-20. Th...

I have never eaten ... - In the Old Testament God had made a distinction between clean and unclean animals. See Lev. 11:2-27; Deut. 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 the vision there was an apparent variation, and Peter naturally referred to the well known and admitted written Law. One design of the vision was to show him that that Law was now to pass away.

That is common - This word properly denotes "what pertains to all,"but among the Jews, who were bound by special laws, and who were prohibited from many things that were freely indulged in by other nations, the word "common"came to be opposed to the word "sacred,"and to denote what was in common use among the pagans, hence, that which was "profane,"or "polluted."Here it means the same as "profane,"or "forbidden."

Unclean - Ceremonially unclean; that is, what is forbidden by the ceremonial law of Moses.

Poole: Act 10:14 - -- These words may signify one and the same thing, and the latter explain the former; showing that those things are said to be common, which the law, b...

These words may signify one and the same thing, and the latter explain the former; showing that those things are said to be common, which the law, by forbidding them, had made unclean. Others make some difference; and by things common, understand all sorts of creatures, which were forbidden to the Jews, but were commonly fed upon by all nations round about them; and by things unclean, they understand such as by accident became so, as when any of the creatures permitted for use was strangled.

Gill: Act 10:14 - -- But Peter said, not so, Lord,.... God forbid I should do this, so contrary to the law of God, and to my own practice, throughout the whole course of m...

But Peter said, not so, Lord,.... God forbid I should do this, so contrary to the law of God, and to my own practice, throughout the whole course of my life:

for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean; in a ceremonial sense, which was in common use with Gentiles, but unclean by the law of Moses: this shows that Peter as yet closely adhered to the ceremonial law, nor did he know that it was abolished by Christ; and notwithstanding the commission given to him and the rest of the apostles to preach the Gospel to every creature, and the extraordinary gifts of speaking with divers tongues for that purpose, bestowed on them at the day of Pentecost; yet he and they remained greatly strangers to the calling of the Gentiles, and the admitting of them to a civil and religious conversation with them; the knowledge of every truth was not at once communicated to them, but gradually, as it pressed the Lord to enlighten their minds.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 10:14 Peter insisted he would not violate the law by eating anything defiled and ritually unclean. These food laws were one of the practices that distinguis...

Geneva Bible: Act 10:14 ( 2 ) But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. ( 2 ) Peter learns daily in the knowledge of the bene...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Act 10:1-48 - --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 b...

Combined Bible: Act 10:14 - --notes on verse 9     

Maclaren: Act 10:1-20 - --What God Hath Cleansed There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2. A devout man, and on...

MHCC: Act 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 ...

Matthew Henry: Act 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 anothe...

Barclay: Act 10:9-16 - --Before Cornelius could be welcomed into the Church, Peter had to learn a lesson. Strict Jews believed that God had no use for the Gentiles. Sometim...

Constable: Act 9:32--Rom 1:1 - --III. THE WITNESS TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH 9:32--28:31 Luke next recorded the church's expansion beyond...

Constable: Act 9:32--12:25 - --A. The extension of the church to Syrian Antioch 9:32-12:24 As Jerusalem had been the Palestinian center...

Constable: Act 10:1--11:19 - --2. The conversion of Cornelius 10:1-11:18 The episode concerning Cornelius is obviously very imp...

Constable: Act 10:9-16 - --Peter's vision 10:9-16 "Though Peter was not by training or inclination an overly scrupulous Jew, and though as a Christian his inherited prejudices w...

College: Act 10:1-48 - --ACTS 10 F. THE CONVERSION OF THE FIRST GENTILES (10:1-11:18) 1. The Ministry of Peter at Caesarea (10:1-48) The Vision Seen by Cornelius (10:1-8) ...

McGarvey: Act 10:9-16 - --9-16. The scene of the narrative now changes again, from Cæsarea back to Joppa, and to the house of the tanner, where we left the Apostle Peter. Leav...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES By Way of Introduction But for the Acts we should know nothing of the early apostolic period save what is told in the Epi...

JFB: Acts (Book Introduction) THIS book is to the Gospels what the fruit is to the tree that bears it. In the Gospels we see the corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying: in...

JFB: Acts (Outline) INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PEN...

TSK: Acts (Book Introduction) The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an...

TSK: Acts 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Act 10:1, Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter, Act 10:11. who by a vision is taught not to despise the ...

Poole: Acts 10 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 10

MHCC: Acts (Book Introduction) This book unites the Gospels to the Epistles. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Christian church from th...

MHCC: Acts 10 (Chapter Introduction) (Act 10:1-8) Cornelius directed to send for Peter. (Act 10:9-18) Peter's vision. (Act 10:19-33) He goes to Cornelius. (Act 10:34-43) His discourse ...

Matthew Henry: Acts (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Acts of the Apostles We have with an abundant satisfaction seen the foundation of our holy religion...

Matthew Henry: Acts 10 (Chapter Introduction) It is a turn very new and remarkable which the story of this chapter gives to the Acts of the apostles; hitherto, both at Jerusalem and every where...

Barclay: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES A Precious Book In one sense Acts is the most important book in the New Testament. It is the simple truth t...

Barclay: Acts 10 (Chapter Introduction) A Devout Soldier (Act_10:1-8) Peter Learns A Lesson (Act_10:9-16) The Meeting Of Peter And Cornelius (Act_10:17-33) The Heart Of The Gospel (Act_...

Constable: Acts (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title "Acts of the Apostles" is very ancient. The Anti-Marcioni...

Constable: Acts (Outline) Outline I. The witness in Jerusalem 1:1-6:7 A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:46 ...

Constable: Acts Acts Bibliography Albright, William Foxwell. The Archaeology of Palestine. 1949. Revised ed. Pelican Archaeolog...

Haydock: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. INTRODUCTION. St. Luke, who had published his gospel, wrote also a second volume, which, from the first ages, hath bee...

Gill: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ACTS This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of ...

College: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION As early as the second century the title "The Acts of the Apostles" was given to this document. Before that time the work probably circu...

College: Acts (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM - 1:1-8:1a A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK - 1:1-3 B. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE APOSTLES - 1:4-8 C. THE ASCENSI...

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