Acts 11:8
And I said: Far be it, my Lord. For never hath any thing polluted or unclean entered my mouth.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
In Context
7And I heard a voice, which said to me: Simon, arise slay and eat.
9And again, a voice from heaven said to me: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.
Cross References
Romans 14:14I know indeed, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing which is unclean in itself; but to him who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him only it is defiled.
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19
Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I 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… Read the whole commentary →