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

6upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the heaven. 7And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat. But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. 9But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common. 10And this was done thrice: and all were 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

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• nothingοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• commonκοινόςkoinos · common: unsanctifiedG2839
• orἤē · orG2228
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750

Cross-references for Acts 11:8

• Mark 7:2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
• Romans 14:14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
• Leviticus 10:10and that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
• Leviticus 11:47to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not 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 uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.
• Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in the LORD’S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
• 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they 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
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• 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