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ButδέI said,εἶπον‘By no means,ΜηδαμῶςLord,κύριεforὅτιneverοὐδέποτεhas anythingprofaneκοινὸνorἢuncleanἀκάθαρτονenteredεἰσῆλθενintoεἰςmy mouth.’τὸ στόμα μου
Acts 11:8
Study it in the app“But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for never has anything profane or unclean entered into my mouth.’”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 11:8, word by word
- I saidεἶπονeipon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” 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- neverοὐδέποτεoudepote
never
Never.
Where else “oudepote” 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- enteredεἰσῆλθενeisēlthen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthen” appears- my mouth.’στόμαstoma
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stoma” appears
The context
7And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat.’
8 · This verse (above)
9But a voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.’
To study Acts 11 in a group
1. What it says
When Peter is criticized in Jerusalem, how does he respond, and what do they do when they hear him? (vv. 2-18)
2. What it means
What does Barnabas do on arriving in Antioch, and what does he then do about Saul? (vv. 22-26)
3. How I live it
The disciples in Antioch sent help to the brothers in Judea who needed it (vv. 27-30). Whom far away could you help?