Acts 11:8

8 “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Acts 11:8 in Other Translations

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

8 But I said, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

8 “‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean. ’

8 I said, 'Oh, no, Master. I've never so much as tasted food that wasn't kosher.'

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

8 "But I answered, 'I can't do that, Lord! I've never put anything impure or unclean into my mouth.'

8 " 'No, Lord!' I said. 'For nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

8 "I replied, 'No, Lord! I will not! Nothing that is not pure and "clean" has ever entered my mouth.'

Acts 11:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:8

But I said, not so, Lord
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.

Acts 11:8 In-Context

6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

8 “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9 “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

10 This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.