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Acts 11:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’ "

Acts 11:8

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6 When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

7 I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’

8 But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

10 This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

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Acts 11:1

"Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God."

Acts 11:2

"When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,"

Acts 11:3

"saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”"

Acts 11:4

"But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,"

Acts 11:5

"“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me."

Acts 11:6

"When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky."

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