King James Version

Acts 11:8

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “every” (πᾶν) before common here.

εἶπονeiponto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).I saidδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΜηδαμῶςmēdamōsNot soμηδαμῶςadverb — “Not so”G3365by no means, not at all.Not soκύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forκοινὸνkoinoncommonκοινός (koinos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “common”, the subject formG2839(a) common, shared, (b) Hebraistic use: profane; dirty, unclean, unwashed.This verse uses “common”.commonἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἀκάθαρτονakathartonuncleanἀκάθαρτος (akathartos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “unclean”, the subject formG169unclean, impure.This verse uses “unclean”.uncleanοὐδέποτεoudepoteat any timeοὐδέποτεadverb — “at any time”G3763never.at any timeεἰσῆλθενeisēlthenenteredεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “entered”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.enteredεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.στόμαstomamouthστόμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the object formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πᾶνpannothingπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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