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Acts 11:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Acts 11:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 11:814 words
GreekMeaning
εἶπονeipon
sayverbG3004
δέde
howeverwordG1161
ΜηδαμῶςMēdamōs
In no wayadverbG3365
κύριεkyrie
LordnounG2962
ὅτιhoti
forwordG3754
κοινὸνkoinon
commonadjectiveG2839
ē
orwordG2228
ἀκάθαρτονakatharton
uncleanadjectiveG169
οὐδέποτεoudepote
nothing everadverbG3763
εἰσῆλθενeisēlthen
has enteredverbG1525
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
τὸto
thearticleG3588
στόμαstoma
mouthnounG4750
μουmou
IpronounG1473
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 11:8

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth. Acts 11:8 Do you mark? I did my part, says he: I said, that I have never eaten anything common or unclean: with reference to this that they said, You went in, and ate with them. But this he does not say to Cornelius: for there was no need to mention it to him. But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not thou common. And this was done three…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 24 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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