Why? The greatest reason is that Israel had lost sight of what the Law actually was and Who it actually represented. As we have already stated, the Spiritual Leadership of Israel had attempted to make Salvation out of the Law which God never intended whatsoever. Consequently, this spirit which pervaded the whole of Israel at that time, had taken its toll even upon the Apostles of our Lord. Hence, Peter’s foolish answer to the Lord. The phrase, “For I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean,”