They noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with 'common' (that is, unwashed) hands.

Then the Pharisees and scribes put this question to him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders? Why do they take their food with 'common' hands?"

But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean." A second time the voice came back to him, "What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common."

I know, I am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is in itself unclean; only, anything is unclean for a man who considers it unclean.

They noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with 'common' (that is, unwashed) hands.

But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean."