Acts 11:8-11 in English

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

⁹ But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

¹⁰ And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Cæsarea unto me.

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

⁹ But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

¹⁰ And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cæsarea unto me.

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

⁹ But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

¹⁰ And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.

⁸ But I replied, ‘Lord, you(sg) surely do not really want me to do that, because I have never eaten MTY meat from any animal that our laws say that we (exc) must not eat SYN!’

⁹ God spoke from heaven to me a second time, ‘ I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say that it is not acceptable to eat!’

¹⁰ Then after that happened three times, the sheet with all those animals and birds was pulled up into heaven again.”

¹¹ “At that exact moment, three men who had been {whom Cornelius had} sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

⁹ But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

¹⁰ And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

¹¹ And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

⁸ And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

⁹ And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common.

¹⁰ And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;

¹¹ and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

⁸ And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

⁹ And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean, do not thou call common.

¹⁰ And this was done three times: and all were taken up again into heaven.

¹¹ And behold, immediately there were three men come to the house wherein I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

⁸ But I said, ‘By no means, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But the voice answered me a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not make common.’

¹⁰ And this was done three times, and again all things were drawn up into heaven.

¹¹ And behold, immediately three men stood before the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ So I said: ‘No way, Lord! Never has anything ‘common’ or unclean entered my mouth!’

⁹ But the voice answered me, a second time, from heaven, ‘Things that God has made clean you must not call ‘common’.’

¹⁰ Well this was done three times, and it was all pulled back up into the sky.

¹¹ At that very moment three men stopped in front of the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I replied, ‘Absolutely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

⁹ The voice from heaven spoke again, and said, ‘Don't you call unclean what God has made clean!’

¹⁰ This happened three times, and then it was all taken back into heaven.

¹¹ At that very moment three men were standing in front of the house where we were staying. They had been sent from Caesarea to see me.

⁸ And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

⁹ But the voyce answered me the seconde time from heauen, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.

¹⁰ And this was done three times, and all were taken vp againe into heauen.

¹¹ Then behold, immediatly there were three men already come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me.

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

⁹ But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

¹⁰ And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ And behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me.

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean ever entered my mouth.

⁹ But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, That which God hath cleansed, call not thou common.

¹⁰ And this was done three times; and all were again drawn up into heaven.

¹¹ And lo! immediately there stood three men at the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

⁸ ‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ I answered, ‘for nothing defiled or unclean has ever passed my lips.’

⁹ Then a second time there came a voice from the heavens. ‘What God has pronounced clean’, it said, ‘you must not call defiled.’

¹⁰ This happened three times, and then all was drawn up again into the heavens.

¹¹ At that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea to see me, came up to the house in which we were.

⁸ ‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ I answered, ‘for nothing defiled or unclean has ever passed my lips.’

⁹ Then a second time there came a voice from the heavens. ‘What God has pronounced clean’, it said, ‘you must not call defiled.’

¹⁰ This happened three times, and then all was drawn up again into the heavens.

¹¹ At that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea to see me, came up to the house in which we were.

⁸ But I said, ‘No, boss. I will not. Our law says we can’t eat that kind of animal. They are no good, so I never eat any of them.’

⁹ Then I heard that voice from heaven again. It said, ‘If God says that something is good, don’t say it is no good.’

¹⁰ That happened 3 times, and then that sheet and everything in it went back up into heaven.

¹¹ Just then 3 men came to the house I was staying in. They came from Caesarea.

⁸ And I sayd: God forbyd lorde for nothinge comen or vnclene hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth.

⁹ But the voyce answered me agayne from heven count not thou those thinges come which god hath clensed.

¹⁰ And this was done thre tymes. And all were takin vp agayne into heven.

¹¹ And beholde immediatly ther were thre men come vnto the housse where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me.

⁸ I said, “Not so, Lord; for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.”

⁹ But the voice answered again from heaven, “What God has declared clean, do not call unclean.”

¹⁰ This happened three times, and then everything was taken back up into heaven again.

¹¹ Behold, right away there were three men standing in front of the house where we were; they had been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

⁹ But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

¹⁰ And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ And behold, immediately there were three men already come to the house where I was, sent from Cesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰ This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹ Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, Nay, Lord; for common thing either unclean entered never into my mouth.

⁹ And the voice answered the second time from heaven, That thing that God hath cleansed, say thou not unclean.

¹⁰ And this was done by thrice, and all things were received again into heaven.

¹¹ And lo! three men anon stood in the house, in which I was; and they were sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ But I said, Nay, Lord; for common thing either unclean entered never into my mouth. (But I said, No, Lord; for a common or an unclean thing hath never entered into my mouth.)

⁹ And the voice answered the second time from heaven, That thing that God hath cleansed, say thou not unclean.

¹⁰ And this was done by thrice, and (then) all (the) things were received again into heaven.

¹¹ And lo! three men anon stood in the house, in which I was, (or And behold! three men at once arrived at the house, where I was); and they were sent from Caesarea to me.

⁸ and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

⁹ and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

¹⁰ 'And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

¹¹ and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,