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Acts 11:9

Purity

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

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

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.

11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cæsarea unto me.

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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
But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
KJV
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
WEB
But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’
ASV
But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
DARBY
And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
BLB
But for a second [time] the voice answered out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you do not call common.’
ÅB
En røst fra himmelen svarte meg da annen gang: Det som Gud har renset, det må ikke du gjøre til urent.
OTB
Stemmen talte fra himmelen igjen: ‘Ikke betrakt noe som urent som Gud har renset.’
B1930
En røst fra himmelen svarte mig da annen gang: Det som Gud har renset, det må ikke du gjøre til urent.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 15:9

    And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

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  • Hebrews 9:13–14

    For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

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  • Acts 10:34–35

    Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

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  • Acts 10:28

    And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:5

    For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

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  • Acts 10:15

    And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

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