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.’
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)“‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean.’

Context of Acts 11:8

6Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' But I said, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' 9But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, do not call common.' 10This happened three times, and all was drawn up again 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• I saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Not soμηδαμῶςmēdamōs · surely notG3365
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• nothingπᾶςpas · allG3956
• commonκοινόςkoinos · common: unsanctifiedG2839
• orἤē · orG2228
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• hath at any timeοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• mouthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750

Cross-references for Acts 11:8

• Mark 7:2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
• Romans 14:14I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
• Leviticus 10:10You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
• Leviticus 11:47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.
• Ezra 9:11which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land that you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land impure with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations that have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness.
• Hosea 9:3They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
• 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, 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