7ἤκουσα δὲ φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι· ἀναστάς, Πέτρε, θῦσον καὶ φάγε.
8εἶπον δέ· μηδαμῶς, Κύριε· ὅτι πᾶν κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.
9ἀπεκρίθη δέ μοι φωνὴ ἐκ δευτέρου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· ἃ ὁ Θεὸς ἐκαθάρισε σὺ μὴ κοίνου.
Acts 11 marks a pivotal transition in the early church: the gospel officially crosses the ethnic boundary from Jews to Gentiles, and the Jerusalem church accepts it. Peter defends his visit to Cornelius’s household, recounting the vision and the Spirit’s descent. The chapter then
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