Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

New American Standard Bible

But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”

King James Version

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Holman Bible

“No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything common and ritually unclean!”

International Standard Version

But Peter said, "Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!"

A Conservative Version

But Peter said, Not so, Lord, because I have never eaten anything profane or unclean.

American Standard Version

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

Amplified

But Peter said, “Not at all, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common (unholy) and [ceremonially] unclean.”

An Understandable Version

But Peter answered, "No, Lord, I cannot. I have never eaten any such ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit creatures."

Anderson New Testament

But Peter said: By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.

Common New Testament

But Peter said, "No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

Daniel Mace New Testament

but Peter said, not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Darby Translation

And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.

Godbey New Testament

And Peter said, By no means, Lord, because I never was in the habit of eating anything unconsecrated and unclean.

Goodspeed New Testament

But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."

John Wesley New Testament

But Peter said, In no wise, Lord: for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.

Julia Smith Translation

And Peter said, By no means, Lord; for never ate I anything common or unclean.

King James 2000

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common and unclean!"

Modern King James verseion

But Peter said, Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But Peter said, "God forbid Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

Moffatt New Testament

But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean."

Montgomery New Testament

"Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean."

NET Bible

But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!"

New Heart English Bible

But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

Noyes New Testament

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common and unclean.

Sawyer New Testament

But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing common and impure.

The Emphasized Bible

But Peter said - By no means, Lord! because, at no time, have I eaten anything common or unclean.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But Peter said, By no means, Lord for I have never at any time eaten of any thing common or unclean.

Twentieth Century New Testament

"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'."

Webster

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Weymouth New Testament

"On no account, Lord," he replied; "for I have never yet eaten anything unholy and impure."

Williams New Testament

But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."

World English Bible

But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

Worrell New Testament

But Peter said, "By no means, Lord! because never at any time did I eat anything common or unclean."

Worsley New Testament

But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing polluted or unclean.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Πέτρος 
Petros 
Usage: 160

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

Not so
μηδαμῶς 
medamos 
not so
Usage: 2

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

I have
φάγω 
Phago 
Usage: 54

οὐδέποτε 
Oudepote 
Usage: 10

φάγω 
Phago 
Usage: 54

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

κοινός 
Koinos 
Usage: 12

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

Context Readings

Peter Has A Vision

13 And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. 14 But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean. 15 And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.


Cross References

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

Leviticus 20:25

So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.

Genesis 19:18

And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;

Exodus 10:11

Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.

Leviticus 11:1-25

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Deuteronomy 14:1-29

You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.

Daniel 1:8

And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

Matthew 16:22

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

Matthew 25:9

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

Luke 1:60

But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

Acts 9:5

And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

Acts 10:28

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

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