Acts 11:8 “‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my…”

Acts 11:8

‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

World English Bible

But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

American Standard Version

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

Darby Translation

And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

Bible in Basic English

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

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Cross references

“common”

Romans 14:14 Mark 7:2

Romans 14:14 · BSB

I 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.

Mark 7:2 · BSB

and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

“unclean”

Hosea 9:3 1 Corinthians 7:14 Leviticus 10:10 Leviticus 11:47 Ezra 9:11 Ezra 9:12

Hosea 9:3 · BSB

They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

1 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB

For 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.

Leviticus 10:10 · BSB

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Leviticus 11:47 · BSB

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

Ezra 9:11 · BSB

that 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.

Ezra 9:12 · BSB

Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

9But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

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