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Acts 11:8
Acts 11:8 is verse 8 of Acts chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
Literally common; similarly in verse 9
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.’
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Acts 11:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
10 This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
Romans 14:14I 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.
Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
Leviticus 11:47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
Ezra 9:11that 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 9:12Now, 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 it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
1 Corinthians 7:14For 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.