(Peter continues to speak)

## nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth  ##

Apparently the animals in the sheet were animals which the Jewish law in the Old Testament forbids the Jews to eat.

## nothing unholy or unclean ##

This is referring to "no unholy or unclean food." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## entered into my mouth ##

This is referring to "I have ate." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## What God has declared clean do not call unclean  ##

This refers to "What animals God has declared clean, do not call them unclean." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## unclean ##

In the Old Testament Jewish law, a person became ritually "unclean" in various ways, such as eating certain forbidden animals.