15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
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Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 together—the question is whether Peter will come to Cornelius when he is sent for; not as if he thought it below him to come at a beck, or as if he were afraid to preach his doctrine to a polite man as…
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