Acts 11:8 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

  • Peter's defenceThe imperfect state of human nature strongly appears, when godly persons are displeased even to hear that the word of God has been received, because their...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Ezekiel 4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

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.
  • Leviticus 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
  • 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.
  • 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. …
  • 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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Topics

  • Gentiles Conversion of Gentiles
  • Glorifying God The congregation at Jerusalem
  • Peter Advocates the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles in the hearing of the apostles and elders
  • Sorcery By Simon the Sorcerer (Magus)

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Greek and Strong’s

  • But δέ de δέ Conjunction
  • I said Εἶπον Eipon Verb · aorist active indicative, first person singular ἔπω épō
  • Not so Μηδαμῶς Mēdamōs μηδαμῶς Adverb
  • Lord Κύριε Kyrie κύριος Noun · vocative masculine singular
  • for ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
  • nothing πᾶν pan πᾶς Article · accusative neuter singular
  • common κοινὸν koinon κοινός Adjective · nominative neuter singular
  • or ἢ ē ἤ Conjunction
  • unclean ἀκάθαρτον akatharton ἀκάθαρτος Adjective · nominative neuter singular
  • hath εἰσέρχομαι eisérchomai
  • at any time οὐδέποτε oudepote οὐδέποτε Adverb
  • entered εἰσῆλθεν eisēlthen εἰσέρχομαι Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
  • into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
  • my μου mou Pronoun · first person, genitive singular μοῦ moû
  • mouth τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular στόμα stoma στόμα Noun · accusative neuter singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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