Not so, Lord (Μηδαμωσ, κυριε). The negative μηδαμως calls for the optative ειη (may it not be) or the imperative εστω (let it be).…

I have never eaten, etc. In the Old Testament, God had made a distinction between clean and unclean animals. See Leviticus 11:2-27;[Refere…

Not so, Lord...—The emphatic resistance even to a voice from heaven is strikingly in harmony with the features of St. Peter’s char…

Peter’s shock and repugnance are expressed in his words: “Surely not, Lord”—a response like that of the prophet Ezekiel when called upon by God to …

Not so, Lord. This is the voice of him who both refuses and objects to God His own commandment. He is afraid, for good reasons, to touch w…

But Peter said, not so, Lord
God forbid I should do this, so contrary to the law of God, and to my own practice, thr…

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tel…