When Peter, a devout Jew, encountered the hospitality and faith of the Roman centurion Cornelius, he made the radical decision to not only meet with the Gentile, but to set aside nearly every kosher restriction in the Book and share a meal with him. “It is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile,” Peter confesses to his new friend. “But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean” (Acts 10:28).
