They had observed some of His disciples eating their food with contaminated, that is, [ceremonially] unwashed hands.
Acts 11:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But I said, ‘O no, Lord, for I have never even tasted anything ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit [for Jews to eat].’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I said, No, by no means, Lord; for nothing common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth. American Standard Version (1901) But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. Common English Bible I responded, ‘Absolutely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ Catholic Public Domain Version But I said: 'Never, lord! For what is common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. |
They had observed some of His disciples eating their food with contaminated, that is, [ceremonially] unwashed hands.
I also heard a voice telling me to get up and kill and eat [one of them].
Then the voice spoke from the sky again, saying, ‘Do not consider something [to be] ordinary that God has made acceptable.’
As one who is in [fellowship with] the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that nothing in itself is [ceremonially] unclean. But to the person who considers something [ceremonially] unclean, it then becomes unclean to him.
For the unbelieving husband is set apart [i.e., as an acceptable mate, although not yet saved. See verse 16], through his wife [i.e., her Christian commitment is viewed as having a godly effect on the home], and the unbelieving wife is set apart through the brother [i.e., for the same reason]. Otherwise, your children would be [considered] unclean. [Note: “Unclean” suggests they would be viewed as pagans were it not for one parent being a Christian]. But, as it is, they are set apart as acceptable [i.e., to God, because of the influence of the one Christian parent].