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Acts 11:8

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 11:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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

Context — Acts 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:
6upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
7And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
9But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
10And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But I said, not so, Lord, etc.] For he took the voice he heard to be the voice of the Lord, and yet he was not obedient to the heavenly vision, and even though he was an hungry; which shows what a strict observer he was of the ceremonies of the law, and how much he was prejudiced in favour of them: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth; he had not suffered anything to come within his lips; he had not even tasted, and much less ate anything that was forbidden by the ceremonial law, so strictly had he observed it.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See Acts 10:9-33. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“common: Mar 7:2; Rom 14:14 unclean: Lev 10:10, Lev 11:47; Ezr 9:11, Ezr 9:12; Hos 9:3; Rom 14:14; Co1 7:14 Acts 11:9”
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