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Peter’s Report at Jerusalem

Acts 11:8

In 9 translations

BSB
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’Literally common; similarly in verse 9
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.
LSV
and I said, Not so, Lord, because anything common or unclean has at no time entered into my mouth;
YLT
and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;
DBY
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
DRC
And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
GNV
And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include πᾶν (“every”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι; Robinson–Pierpont add πᾶν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἶπον δέ· Μηδαμῶς, κύριε, ὅτι κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.
RP2018
Εἶπον δέ, Μηδαμῶς, κύριε· ὅτι πᾶν κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.
TR-Boyd
Εἶπον δέ, Μηδαμῶς, Κύριε· ὅτι πᾶν κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.
SCR1894
ειπον δε μηδαμως κυριε οτι παν κοινον η ακαθαρτον ουδεποτε εισηλθεν εις το στομα μου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
  • Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
  • Ezra 9:11–12that 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…
  • Leviticus 11:47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

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