They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed.

So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question--"How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?"

"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'." Again he was aware of a voice which said-- "What God has pronounced 'clean', do not regard as 'defiled'."

Through my union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am persuaded that nothing is 'defiling in itself.' A thing is 'defiling' only to him who holds it to be so.

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed.

"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'."