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Acts 11:9

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 11:9 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
Acts 11:9 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
7And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
9But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
10And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.
12And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren also accompanied me; and we entered into the man`s house:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But the voice answered me again from heaven, etc.] From whence the former voice came, and was the voice of the Lord, or of an angel of the Lord, and which answered him again, or a second time; not that it said to him a second time kill and eat, but what follows; what God hath cleansed, that call not thou common; that is, had declared to be clean and fit for use, and did not defile, and could not defile the man into whose mouth it entered, and therefore ought not to be pronounced unclean, and of a defiling nature; this Jesus Christ did, who is God over all blessed for ever, and by whose death an end was put to the ceremonial law, and the distinctions of meats by it; (<401511>Matthew 15:11…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See Acts 10:9-33. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“What: Act 10:28, Act 10:34, Act 10:35, Act 15:9; Ti1 4:5; Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14 Acts 11:10”
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