Acts 11:8
But I said,‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
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- Rom 14:14 : 14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.
- 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
- Lev 10:10 : 10 as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
- Lev 11:47 : 47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”
- Ezra 9:11-12 : 11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words:‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness. 12 Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’
- Hos 9:3 : 3 Assyrian Exile Will Reverse the Egyptian Exodus They will not remain in the LORD’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
- Mark 7:2 : 2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
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- Acts 10:11-177 verses92%
11He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
12In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
13Then a voice said to him,“Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”
14But Peter said,“Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
15The voice spoke to him again, a second time,“What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!”
16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
17Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.
- Acts 11:9-102 verses88%
9But the voice replied a second time from heaven,‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’
10This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.
- Acts 11:3-75 verses84%
3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”
4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,
5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.
6As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
7I also heard a voice saying to me,‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’
- Ezek 4:13-142 verses77%
13And the LORD said,“This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them.”
14And I said,“Ah, Sovereign LORD, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”
- Acts 10:26-316 verses76%
26But Peter helped him up, saying,“Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”
27Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.
28He said to them,“You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
29Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”
30Cornelius replied,“Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me
31and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
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14I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.
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11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
- Mark 7:18-192 verses72%
18He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.”(This means all foods are clean.)
- Lev 11:7-82 verses71%
7The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided(the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud.
8You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
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47to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”
- Acts 11:12-132 verses70%
12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
13He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
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10but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.
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9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
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15There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”
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34Then Peter started speaking:“I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
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20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.
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8Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.
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14I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed you and have done everything you have commanded me.
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20These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”
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7I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.
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4Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.
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3You must not eat any forbidden thing.
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9Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”
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17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?
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34Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water will become unclean. Anything drinkable in any such vessel will become unclean.
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8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
- Acts 10:19-202 verses68%
19While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him,“Look! Three men are looking for you.
20But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
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6Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him,“Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
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8Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,