Acts 11:9

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

Cross-references

Acts 10:28 Historical context

Acts 10:28 shows Peter applying the vision to people: God has cleansed Gentiles, so he must not call them common. Direct application.

Acts 10:34 Historical context

Acts 10:34 records Peter's conclusion: God shows no partiality — the theological outcome of the vision's command in Acts 11:9.

Acts 10:35 Historical context

Acts 10:35 applies the vision's principle: God accepts anyone who fears Him, regardless of ethnicity.

Acts 15:9 Parallel

Acts 15:9 echoes the same cleansing: God made no distinction, purifying Gentiles’ hearts by faith.

Acts 10:15 Citation

In Acts 10:15, the voice first spoke these words to Peter; here Peter repeats the same command to explain his vision.

Matthew 15:11 teaches that what enters the mouth doesn’t defile—the same principle behind the vision’s clean animals.

Romans 14:14 expands on this principle: nothing is unclean in itself, applying the vision's lesson about clean/unclean to food and conscience.

Hebrews 9:14 shows Christ’s blood purifies the conscience—a deeper cleansing than the ritual one in the vision.

1 Timothy 4:5 extends the principle to food: created things are made holy by God’s word and prayer.

Hebrews 9:13 describes Old Testament ceremonial cleansing—contrasting with God’s direct declaration of cleanness here.