Acts 11:9
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts 11:9 in other translations
| BSB | But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ |
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| WEB | But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’ |
| ASV | But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common. |
| YLT | and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou--declare not thou common. |
| DARBY | And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common. |
| BBE | But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common. |
| Webster | But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. |
What does Acts 11:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 11:1-11
Ac 11:1-18. Peter Vindicates Himself before the Church in Jerusalem for His Procedure towards the Gentiles. 1-11. the apostles and brethren ... in Judea--rather, "throughout Judea."
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 11:1-18
The 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 own system has not been attended to. And we are too apt to despair of doing good to those who yet, when tried, prove very teachable. It is the bane and damage of the church, to shut out those from it, and from the benefit of the means of grace, who are not in…
Acts 11:9 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 11:9
- Acts 15:9
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
- Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Acts 10:34-35
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
- Acts 10:28
And 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.
- 1 Timothy 4:5
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
- Acts 10:15
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
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Context
- Acts 11:8
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
- Acts 11:9
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
- Acts 11:10
And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Acts 11:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces la voz me respondió del cielo segunda vez: Lo que Dios limpió, no lo llames tú común. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et une voix répondit pour la seconde fois du ciel: Ce que Dieu a purifié, toi, ne le tiens pas pour impur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Eine Stimme aber antwortete zum zweiten Male aus dem Himmel: Was Gott gereinigt hat, mache du nicht gemein! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respondit autem vox secundo de cælo: Quæ Deus mundavit, tu ne commune dixeris. |