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].’

Cross References

Mark 7:2

They had observed some of His disciples eating their food with contaminated, that is, [ceremonially] unwashed hands.

Acts 11:7

I also heard a voice telling me to get up and kill and eat [one of them].

Acts 11:9

Then the voice spoke from the sky again, saying, ‘Do not consider something [to be] ordinary that God has made acceptable.’

Romans 14:14

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.

1 Corinthians 7:14

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].