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Acts 11:8
8And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
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
6on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven. 7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat. And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth. 9And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common. 10And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
Read all of Acts 11Acts 11:8 word by word
εἶπον δέ· μηδαμῶς, κύριε· ὅτι κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 11:8
- Mark 7:2and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
- Romans 14:14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man [it is] unclean.
- Leviticus 10:10that ye may put difference between the holy and the unholy, and between unclean and clean,
- Leviticus 11:47to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.
- Ezra 9:11which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess [it], is an unclean land through the filthiness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations with which they have filled it from one end to another through their uncleanness.
- Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.
- 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since [otherwise] indeed your children are 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
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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
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