“ A second time the voice spoke from heaven. The voice said,‘ Do not say anything is not pure that God has made“ clean.” ’

第二次，有声音从天上说：‘神所洁净的，你不可当作俗物。’

第二次，有声音从天上回答：‘上帝所洁净的，你不可当作污俗的。’

第二次，有声音从天上回答：‘神所洁净的，你不可当作污俗的。’

那从天上来的声音又说，‘上帝已经洁净的，你不可再称之为不洁净。’

第二次又有声音从天上回答：‘神所洁净的，你不可当作俗物。’

那声音第二次从天上传来，说：‘神所洁净的，你不可当做污秽的。’

第二次，有聲音從天上說：『神所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。』

第二次，有聲音從天上回答：『上帝所潔淨的，你不可當作污俗的。』

第二次，有聲音從天上回答：『神所潔淨的，你不可當作污俗的。』

那從天上來的聲音又說，『上帝已經潔淨的，你不可再稱之為不潔淨。』

第二次又有聲音從天上回答：‘神所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。’

聲音第二次從天上回答說：「上帝所潔淨的、你別當作俗污了。」

那聲音第二次從天上傳來，說：『神所潔淨的，你不可當做汙穢的。』

復有聲自天曰、上帝所潔者、勿以為俗也、

其聲自天、又謂余曰、上帝所潔者、毋以為俗也、

其聲自天又曰、天主所潔者、爾勿以為俗、

上空對曰：「天主潔之、何俗之有？」

“ The voice spoke from heaven a second time,‘ Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

But the voice answered a second time from heaven,‘ What God has made clean, do not call common.’

“ But the voice from heaven spoke again:‘ Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’

But a voice answered from heaven a second time,‘ What God has made clean, you must not call impure.’

But a voice from heaven answered a second time,‘ What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.’

But the voice answered me again from heaven,‘ What God has cleansed you must not call common.’

But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

But a voice answered from heaven a second time,‘ What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed,[ that] call not thou common.

But the voice replied a second time from heaven,‘ What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’

But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven,‘ What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

God showed that there is no difference between us and them. That’s because he made their hearts pure because of their faith.

The blood of goats and bulls is sprinkled on people. So are the ashes of a young cow. They are sprinkled on people the law called“ unclean.” The people are sprinkled to make them holy. That makes them“ clean” on the outside.But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.

The voice spoke to him a second time. It said,“ Do not say anything is not pure that God has made‘ clean.’ ”

The word of God and prayer make it holy.

Then Peter began to speak.“ I now realize how true it is that God treats everyone the same,” he said.“ He accepts people from every nation. He accepts anyone who has respect for him and does what is right.

He said to them,“ You know that it is against our law for a Jew to enter a Gentile home. A Jew shouldn’t have any close contact with a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not say anyone is not pure and‘ clean.’