ACTS 11:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.”
'The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'—the 'voice from heaven' (phōnē...ek tou ouranou, literally 'voice from the sky') carries prophetic authority; it overrides human categories. The verb 'made clean' (katharizō, past tense) asserts completed action; God's purification is finished, not provisional.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:9
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth. Acts 11:8 Do you mark? I did my part, says he: I said, that I have never eaten anything common or unclean: with reference to this that they said, You went in, and ate with them. But this he does not say to Cornelius: for there was no need to mention it to him. But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not thou common. And this was done three…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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