Acts 11:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
  • Lev 10:10 : 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
  • Lev 11:47 : 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
  • Ezra 9:11-12 : 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.
  • Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things] in Assyria.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

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  • Acts 10:11-17
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    92%

    11And 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:

    12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

    13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

    14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

    15And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

    16This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

    17Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

  • Acts 11:9-10
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    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.

  • Acts 11:3-7
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    3Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

    4But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and expounded [it] by order unto them, saying,

    5I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

    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.

  • Ezek 4:13-14
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    13And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

    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.

  • Acts 10:26-31
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    26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

    27And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

    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.

    29Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

    30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

    31And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

  • Rom 14:14
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    14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.

  • Matt 15:11
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    11‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›

  • Mark 7:18-19
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    18And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›

    19‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›

  • Lev 11:7-8
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    71%

    7And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.

    8Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.

  • Lev 11:47
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    47To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

  • Acts 11:12-13
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    12And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:

    13And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

  • Deut 14:10
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    10And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you.

  • Acts 10:9
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    9¶ On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

  • Mark 7:15
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    15‹There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.›

  • Acts 10:34
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    34¶ Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

  • Rom 14:20
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    20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.

  • Deut 14:8
    69%

    8And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

  • Deut 26:14
    69%

    14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

  • Matt 15:20
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    20‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›

  • Job 6:7
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    7The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.

  • Acts 10:4
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    4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

  • Deut 14:3
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    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

  • John 13:9
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    9Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head.

  • Matt 15:17
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    17‹Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?›

  • Lev 11:34
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    34Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 10:19-20
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    19¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

    20Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

  • John 13:6
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    6Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

  • Gen 7:8
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    8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,