8But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'


In Context

5 |I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

6 When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

7 I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'

8 But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'

10 This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

Acts 11:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:8"I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:8And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.