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

6and I stared at it and was thinking about it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild animals, the crawling creatures, and the birds of the sky. 7I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’ But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.’ 10This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.

Acts 11:8 word by word

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

• But I saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Byμηδαμῶςmēdamōs · surely notG3365
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• for nothingοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• unholyκοινόςkoinos · common: unsanctifiedG2839
• orἤē · orG2228
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• my mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750

Cross-references for Acts 11:8

• Mark 7:2and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unholy hands, that is, unwashed.
• Romans 14:14I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to the one who thinks something is unclean, to that person it is unclean.
• Leviticus 10:10and to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,
• Leviticus 11:47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.
• Ezra 9:11which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end, and with their impurity.
• Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the Lord’s land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food.
• 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise 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

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