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NASB | Acts 9:43 And Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 9:43 And so it was that Peter stayed in Joppa for many days with Simon, a tanner. |
Bible Question (short): Simon the tanner, clean or unclean |
Question (full): Was this Simon's business considered detestable and unclean to the Jews? If so, Peter's stay at his house was not in harmony with his response to the vision he had about eating the unclean animals from God. Most commentary considered Simon the tanner involved in detestable trade because of treating of animals' dead bodies. I checked Levitus chapter 11 that talks about clean and unclean animals. God only forbids the eating and touching of the dead bodies of "unclean animals" while those that are clean will be seen as unclean if the animal died (not killed). Therefore, if what Simon the tanner dealt with were bodies and skin of clean animals being killed for making leather shoes, etc., he should not be viewed as unclean (according to the Torah). Then I can understand why Peter stayed at Simon's house and had such a response against the vision. Need your help to figure it out. Thanks. Shalom Azure |
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Warren F. Kenney |