Did Peter still keep the Jewish dietary law after Pentecost?
According to Acts 10, ten years after Pentecost Peter was still sticking to the Jewish law. He said he had never eaten anything common or unclean. He would not eat pork or any animal not on the clean list. He also viewed it as unlawful to keep company with Gentiles.
Les explains that ten years after Pentecost, Peter was still sticking to the Jewish law. Peter declared he had never eaten anything common or unclean according to the Jewish law. He would not eat pork or any animal not in the list of clean animals. Later, when approaching Cornelius' home, Peter said it was an unlawful thing for a Jew to keep company with or visit a Gentile, but God showed him he should not call any man common or unclean. Les notes Peter was never convinced before this. As Peter preached to the house of Cornelius, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
More Questions
Did Peter continue to keep kosher after Pentecost?
Even ten years after Pentecost, Peter was still following the Jewish food law: he would not eat pork and would not eat animals not on the clean list.
What did Peter mean by 'common or unclean' in Acts 10:14?
When Peter told Jesus he had never eaten anything common or unclean, the category 'common or unclean' referred to foods prohibited by the Jewish law.
Why did Peter refuse to eat the unclean animals in his vision in Acts 10?
Peter refused the Lord's command to 'rise, kill and eat' the unclean creatures in the sheet vision because he was a Law-keeping Jew and the food had to be kosher or he would not eat it.