The Meaning of Acts 11:9 Explained

Acts 11:9

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Acts 11:9?

MEANING: What does Acts 11:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Acts 11:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Acts 11:9?

What is the context of Acts 11:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Acts 11:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Acts 11:1-18 - Following A Plain Course

It is very interesting here to find Peter on the defensive. We have always thought of him as masterful and strong, the born leader of men, whose authority was absolutely indisputable. But here we see him taken seriously to task by the mother Church, and compelled to show the grounds of his unprecedented action. Here also appears the first clear indication of the rift which was, in due course, to develop in the Church, between the converted Jews, who insisted that Gentiles must become Jews before becoming Christians, and those of more liberal views, who began to understand that in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availed anything, but a new creature, Galatians 6:15, and faith working by love, Galatians 5:6. This division was the cause of Paul's embittered and life-long persecution.

But the first decision of those in the church in Jerusalem was a perfectly just one, Acts 11:18. The facts compelled a favorable verdict upon Peter's action. They tacitly confessed that the seal of God's approval had been unmistakably affixed to his action, and that he had no alternative. When a man lives in union with the Spirit of God, crooked things become straight and rough places plain, Isaiah 40:4. [source]

Chapter Summary: Acts 11

¹ Peter, being accused for preaching to the Gentiles,
⁵ makes his defense;
¹⁸ which is accepted
¹⁹ The gospel being spread in Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
²² Barnabas is sent to confirm them
²⁶ The disciples are first called Christians at Antioch
²⁷ They send relief to the brothers in Judea in time of famine

What do the individual words in Acts 11:9 mean?

Answered however for a second [time] the voice out of - heaven What - God has cleansed you not do call unholy

Ἀπεκρίθη δὲ ἐκ δευτέρου» φωνὴ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Ἃ ὁ Θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν σὺ μὴ κοίνου

Ἀπεκρίθη	Answered
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀποκρίνομαι Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer.
δὲ	however
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc.
δευτέρου»	a second [time]
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: δεύτερον Sense: the second, the other of two.
φωνὴ	the voice
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: φωνή Sense: a sound, a tone.
ἐκ	out of
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from.
τοῦ	-
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
οὐρανοῦ	heaven
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: οὐρανός Sense: the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it.
ὁ	-
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Θεὸς	God
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities.
ἐκαθάρισεν	has cleansed
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: καθαρίζω Sense: to make clean, cleanse.
κοίνου	do call unholy
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: κοινόω Sense: to make common.

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