Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
Peter knew that the law did not allow the eating of all foods, and he was afraid to say to Jesus, "I too am scandalized by this saying of Thine, which appears to transgress the law." Therefore he questions Jesus, feigning ignorance.