Acts 10:28

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Summary

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.

That it

Galatians 2:12

But

Ephesians 3:6

General references

Acts 11:3

Bible References

That it

so, when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party disputed with him,

"'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'"

"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.

For until certain men came from James he used to eat with the Gentile Christians, but when they came, he began to draw back and to separate himself, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

But

And again a second time came to him a voice, saying, "What God has cleansed you must not call common."

"But for the second time a voice spoke from the sky, 'What God has cleansed, you must not call common.'

"And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;

"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles form one body with us the Jews, and are coheirs and copartners in the promise, through the gospel.

General references

saying, "You went into the houses of the uncircumcised and ate with them!"