KJV King James Version
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
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Acts 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
WEB World English Bible
But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
ASV American Standard Version
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Peter said, ‘Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;’
Surrounding context — Acts 10
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
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ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenΠέτροςG4074 · PetrosPeterεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayμηδαμῶς,G3365 · mēdamōssurely notκύριε·G2962 · kurioslord: GodὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatοὐδέποτεG3763 · oudepoteneverἔφαγονG5315 · phageinto eatπᾶνG3956 · pasallκοινὸνG2839 · koinoscommon: unsanctifiedκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀκάθαρτον.G169 · akathartosunclean
Cross-references
Leviticus 20:25Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.Ezekiel 4:14Then 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.Leviticus 11:1-25And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,Deuteronomy 14:1-29Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.Ezekiel 44:31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.Matthew 25:9But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.Exodus 10:11Not so: go now ye [that are] men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.Luke 1:60And his mother answered and said, Not [so]; but he shall be called John.Acts 9:5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Acts 10:28And 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.Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.Genesis 19:18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
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