Acts 11:8

Acts 11:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
• New International Version (NIV)“I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I said, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’

Context of Acts 11:8

6I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’ ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ 10This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

Acts 11:8 word by word

εἶπον δέ· μηδαμῶς, κύριε· ὅτι κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.Read the interlinear

• Noμηδαμῶςmēdamōs · surely notG3365
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• I saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• nothingοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• impureκοινόςkoinos · common: unsanctifiedG2839
• orἤē · orG2228
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• has ever enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• has ever enteredεἰςeis · towardG1519
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750

Cross-references for Acts 11:8

• Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
• Romans 14:14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
• Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
• Leviticus 11:47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
• Ezra 9:11that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
• Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
• 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Commentaries on Acts 11:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 See Acts 10:9-33.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-17Peter reviewed what had happened. He explained that God had directed the whole series of events (11:12). Peter ate with Gentiles (non-Jews) because God made it evident that he should (11:4–12). Peter then saw the Holy Spirit come upon the Gentiles, realizing God accepted and blessed them like Jews who trusted in Jesus (11:15–17; see 1:5). Peter followed God's will by admitting Gentiles to the church.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-181-11. the apostles and brethren ... in Judea--rather, "throughout Judea."Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 11:8

• Gentiles
• Glorifying God
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Clean
• Contend
• Peter
• Rehearse
• Acts of the Apostles
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit
• Cornelius
• Galatians, Epistle to the
• Ministry

Commentaries on Acts 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings