ACTS 10:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
He said to them: 'You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.'—Peter's preamble is crucial: he acknowledges Jewish law ('against our law,' nomos) that separated Jews from Gentiles, then announces his conversion through the vision. The progression—law → vision → transformation—models how revelation reshapes practice. His statement, 'God has shown me' (edeixen moi ho theos), makes the vision normative for all believers.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:28
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Acts 10:26 Do you mark how, before all else (the Apostles) teach them this lesson, not to think great things of them? And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that had come together. And he said to them, You 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 has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. (v. 27,…
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