Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Not so, Lord--See Marginal reference.
I have never eaten anything that is common--that is, not sanctified by divine permission to eat of it, and so "unclean." "The distinction of meats was a sacrament of national distinction, separation, and consecration" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement.
the sixth hour--noon.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ezekiel 4:14
Galatians 2:12
1 Timothy 4:4-5
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