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ButδὲPeterὁ Πέτροςsaid,εἶπεν“By no means,ΜηδαμῶςLord,κύριεforὅτιI have neverοὐδέποτεeatenἔφαγονanythingπᾶνprofaneκοινὸνorκαὶunclean.”ἀκάθαρτον
Acts 10:14
Study it in the app“But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything profane or unclean.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:14, word by word
- PeterΠέτροςPetros
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “By no meansΜηδαμῶςMēdamōs
by no means
By no means, not at all.
Where else “Mēdamōs” appears- Lordκύριεkyrie
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrie” appears- I have neverοὐδέποτεoudepote
never
Never.
Where else “oudepote” appears- eatenἔφαγονephagon
eat
Eat.
Where else “ephagon” appears- profaneκοινὸνkoinon
profane
What is not considered clean for God.
Where else “koinon” appears- uncleanἀκάθαρτονakatharton
unclean
Something the law bars from worship.
Where else “akatharton” appears
Translation note
“Profane” translates koinos, “common”: what the law of Moses forbade eating (Leviticus 11).
The context
13And there came a voice to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And a voice came to him again a second time: “What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.”
To study Acts 10 in a group
1. What it says
What vision does Cornelius have, and what vision does Peter have? What are they each asked to do? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Peter says God shows no partiality (vv. 34-35). How did what Peter experienced change what he understood?
3. How I live it
Are there people you tend to keep at a distance? What small step could you take toward one of them?