Peter's Vision (10:9-23) - The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

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Peter's Vision (10:9-23)

Peter and Cornelius Meet (10:23-33)

A Muslim doesn't consider it impolite to go into the kitchen of non-Muslim hosts to make sure milk and meat are not mixed in the meal preparations. So strong is our commitment to ethnic distinctives of diet, especially when they are grounded in religion. We do not readily leave the comfort zone of our religio-ethnic identity. But if Peter is to spearhead the Jerusalem church's Gentile mission, God must move him out of his Jewish comfort zone.

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