"clean" in the Torah (Law) meant to be ritually clean in reference to the Tabernacle (later Temple). For example, if you are ritually unclean you could not participate in Temple services ie vow offerings. The lame, blind, considered ritually unclean, could not participate in worshiping at the Temple until Jesus' healed them, they were then declared clean by the priests. Significant for the culture of the time, and attribute to revelation of the Messiah. Since there is no Temple, there's no concern about being ritually clean. However, that said, Acts 15 makes reference to what is rabbinically known as Noahide Laws, in particular vs 20 which involves further study into the culture of the time. If you are a believer, you are already clean...you are accepted, by the same G-d who dwelt in the Tabernacle, because of Jesus' sacrifice. Hope this helps.
Acts 10:14
"But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean."
Acts 10:15
"And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common."
Matthew 15:11
"Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."
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