SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:15
Y volvi la voz hacia l la segunda vez: Lo que Dios limpi, no lo ensucies.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 10:15
Verse 15. What God hath cleansed] God, who made at first the distinction between Jews and Gentiles, has a right to remove it, whenever and by whatever means he pleases: he, therefore, who made the distinction, for wise purposes, between the clean and the unclean, now pronounces all to be clean. He had authority to do the first; he has authority to do the last. God has purposed that the Gentiles shall have the Gospel preached to them: what he therefore has cleansed, "that call not thou common."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 15. And the voice spake unto him again the second time , etc.] The following words, what God hath cleansed ; that is, hath pronounced clean and lawful to be used, as he now had all sorts of food, ( Matthew 15:11, Romans 14:14, 1 Timothy 4:4). [that] call not thou common ; or pronounce it to be unholy or unclean, and unlawful to be used: and the same holds good of men, as well as things; for as hereby the Lord instructed Peter, that there was nothing of itself common, or unclean, and unfit for use; so that no man, not any Gentile, Barbarian, Scythian, or be he who he would, was common or unclean, and his company to be avoided as such. Distinctions both of men and meats were now to be laid aside; and the Jews themselves own, that what is now unclean, will be clean in the time to come, or the times of the Messiah; they say f534 , every beast which is unclean in this world, the holy blessed God htwa rhjm , cleanses it , in the time to come, (the times of the Messiah,) as they were at first clean to the sons of Noah ( Genesis 9:3), wherefore, as the herb was clean to all, and as the beasts were clean to the sons of Noah; so also in the time to come he will loose what he has bound, or forbidden. And particularly they observe, that a swine is call ryzh from rzh , to return, because the Lord will return it unto Israel. f535 Ver. 16. This was done thrice , etc.] That is, either the voice spoke the same words three times, or the sheet was let down three times; and it may be both; it may be, that every time the voice was spoke, the sheet was let down: this was done, not with respect to any mystical meaning in the number three, but for the confirmation of Peter, that he might be the more firmly assured of the truth of the things represented unto him: and the vessel was received up again into heaven ; to denote, that when the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven, whether Jews or Gentiles, are all gathered in, by the preaching of the Gospel to them, they will be taken up to heaven, their original and native place, and be for ever with the Lord; as well as to certify to Peter, that what was now shown him on earth, concerning the taking away the distinction of men and meats, was ratified in heaven.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-18 - The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clea which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the la of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasio we have to make use of it.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ φωνη 5456 N-NSF παλιν 3825 ADV εκ 1537 PREP δευτερου 1208 A-GSN προς 4314 PREP αυτον 846 P-ASM α 3739 R-APN ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM εκαθαρισεν 2511 5656 V-AAI-3S συ 4771 P-2NS μη 3361 PRT-N κοινου 2840 5720 V-PAM-2S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
15. Call not thou common (su mh koinou). The thought goes deeper than merely styling "common." Lit., do not thou defile. Do not profane it by regarding and calling it common. Rev., "make not thou common."
Robertson's NT Word Studies
10:15 {Make not thou common} (su me koinou). Note emphatic position of su (thou). Do thou stop making common what God cleansed (ekaqarisen). The idiom of me with the present active imperative koinou means precisely this . Peter had just called "common" what God had invited him to slay and eat.
