Acts 11:9
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 11:9 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'
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World English Bible Public Domain
But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'
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King James Version Public Domain
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the voice answered for a second from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you, do not make common!’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
But the voice spoke to me from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
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King James Version Public Domain
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
But the voyce answered me the seconde time from heauen, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean, do not thou call common.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou -- declare not thou common.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and a voice answered me a second time out of Heaven, What God cleansed, you do not declare common.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
But the voice answered again from heaven, “What God has declared clean, do not call unclean.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the voice answered for a second from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you, do not make common!’
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The voice from heaven spoke again, and said, ‘Don't you call unclean what God has made clean!’
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
The voice from heaven responded to me a second time: ‘Do not regard as defiled what God has made clean.’
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
But the voyce answered me agayne from heven count not thou those thinges come which god hath clensed.
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- Appears 14× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 15:11
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Imperative
- Person
- 2nd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- ἀπεκρίθη apokrínomai G611 “to answer” Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- φωνὴ phōnḗ G5456 “voice” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- ἐκ ek G1537 “from” Preposition
- δευτέρου deúteros G1208 “second” Adjective, Genitive, Singular, Neuter
- ἐκ ek G1537 “from” Preposition
- τοῦ ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- οὐρανοῦ ouranós G3772 “heaven” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- ἃ hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- θεὸς theós G2316 “God” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ἐκαθάρισεν katharízō G2511 “to make clean” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- σὺ sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Nominative, Singular
- μὴ mḗ G3361 “not” Particle, Negative
- κοίνου koinóō G2840 “to make common” Verb, Present, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- words
- 13
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Cross-references
6Topical passages linked to Acts 11:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Acts 15:9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
- Hebrews 9:13–14 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
- Acts 10:15 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."
- Acts 10:28 He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.
- Acts 10:34–35 Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;
- 1 Timothy 4:5 For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 15 words (13 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is koinóō (“to make common”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word koinóō carries the sense “to make common.” How does it shape the verse?
- Matthew 15:11 shares the word «to make common» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “from” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how John Gill's Exposition and Matthew Poole's English Annotations read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 13 words in this verse.
- “from” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 13 distinct Greek lemmas span 15 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 11:9 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.