ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 10:13 kill and eat. God was overturning the old clean/unclean distinctions and dietary laws in general, along with all other “ceremonial” laws in the Mosaic covenant (including laws about sacrifices, festivals and special days, and circumcision). Peter was treating Gentiles as unclean, following later tradition rather than the OT. Israel was supposed to minister to other nations (Exodus 19:5) and teach them to follow God. God corrects Peter’s behavior.

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