And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Then the voice spoke to him again: 'Don't you dare call something dirty when God has made it clean.'
When God says something is good, don't let anyone (including yourself) call it otherwise.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Acts, Peter, a Jewish apostle, was praying on a rooftop in Joppa when he received a vision from God featuring a sheet filled with animals that were considered unclean under Jewish dietary laws. The voice in the vision twice instructed Peter not to call anything impure that God has declared clean, challenging the traditional boundaries of Jewish purity. This event set the stage for Peter to visit Cornelius, a Roman centurion and Gentile, marking a key moment in the early church's expansion to include non-Jews.
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