Acts 11:9

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“But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’”

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BSBPD

“But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou--declare not thou common.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 11:9 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 10:15The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
  2. Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
  3. Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
  4. Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
  5. 1 Timothy 4:5because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
  6. Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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