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Acts 11:8 KJV
Acts · chapter 11 · verse 8
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.Acts 11:8 · King James Version
Acts 11:8 in context
6Upon 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.
7And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
9But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
10And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nothingpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- uncleanakathartosnot cleansed, unclean, in a ceremonial sense that which must be abstained from according…G169 →
- enteredeiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
- commonkoinoscommon, commonG2839 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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The preaching of the gospel to Cornelius was a thing which we poor sinners of the Gentiles have reason to reflect upon with a great deal of joy and thankfulness; for it was the bringing of light to us who sat in darkness.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-18