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Acts 11:8

Jesus
Purity

6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

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

9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
KJV
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
WEB
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
ASV
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
DARBY
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
BLB
But I said, ‘In no way, Lord, for never has a common or unclean [thing] entered into my mouth.’
ÅB
Men jeg sa: Ingenlunde, Herre! aldri er noe vanhellig eller urent kommet i min munn.
OTB
Men jeg sa: ‘Slett ikke, Herre! Ingenting urent eller vanhellig har noen gang kommet inn i min munn.’
B1930
Men jeg sa: Ingenlunde, Herre! aldri er noget vanhellig eller urent kommet i min munn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 14:14

    I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:14

    For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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  • Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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  • Leviticus 10:10

    And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

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  • Leviticus 11:47

    To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

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  • Mark 7:2

    And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

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  • Ezra 9:11–12

    Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

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