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Acts 10:15 The voice spoke to him a second time: "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
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Version</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a voice <i>came</i> again to him for the second time: "What God has cleansed, you do not call common."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the voice <i>spake</i> unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, <i>that</i> call not thou common.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And a voice <i>spoke</i> to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again a voice <i>came</i> to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no <i>longer</i> consider unholy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And again a voice <i>came</i> to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no <i>longer</i> consider unholy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Again a voice <i>came</i> to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no <i>longer</i> consider defiled.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And the voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed <i>and</i> pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, a second time, the voice said to him, “What God has made clean, do not call impure.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him again, "When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />A voice spoke to him a second time, "Don't say that the things which God has made clean are impure." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him again, "Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and [there is] a voice again a second time to him: “What God cleansed, you do not declare common”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a voice <i>came</i> again to him for the second time: "What God has cleansed, you do not call common."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And a voice again of a second time to him, What things God cleansed, do not thou make common.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the voice, again a second time to him: “What God has purified, you shall not call common.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice said to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And again the voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, you should not call unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And a voice came again a second time to him: “Those things which God has purified you shall not make impure.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And the voice came to him again a second time: What God has cleansed, you must not call common.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And the voice again the second time came to him, <FR>Whatsoever things God has cleansed, do not count unclean;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And the voice again a second time came to him, What God hath cleansed, call not thou unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and the voice spake to him again the second time, don't call that common, which God calls clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And a voice <i>came</i> to him again, a second time, <FR>"What God cleansed, count not common."<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And the voice <i>said</i> to him again the second time, <FR>What God hath cleansed, do not thou account polluted.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/10-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=3196" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/10.htm">Peter's Vision</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5456.htm" title="5456: phōnē (N-NFS) -- Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.">The voice</a> <a href="/greek/3825.htm" title="3825: palin (Adv) -- Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand."></a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">spoke to</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/1208.htm" title="1208: deuterou (Adj-GNS) -- Second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time. As the compare of duo; second.">a second time:</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">“</a> <a href="/greek/2840.htm" title="2840: koinou (V-PMA-2S) -- To make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean. From koinos; to make profane.">Do not call anything impure</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: Ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2511.htm" title="2511: ekatharisen (V-AIA-3S) -- To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.">has made clean.” </a> </span> <span class="reftext">16</span>This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3</a></span><br />Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">Leviticus 11:1-47</a></span><br />The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, / “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: / You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">Deuteronomy 14:3-21</a></span><br />You must not eat any detestable thing. / These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a></span><br />They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-17.htm">Matthew 15:17-20</a></span><br />“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated? / But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. / For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25-26</a></span><br />Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-11.htm">Galatians 2:11-14</a></span><br />When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. / For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group. / The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not you common.</p><p class="hdg">What.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></b></br> And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Acts 11:9</a></b></br> But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, <i>that</i> call not thou common.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/15-9.htm">Acts 15:9,20,29</a></b></br> And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/john/15-3.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Common</a> <a href="/acts/7-32.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/acts/9-27.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/acts/10-3.htm">God</a> <a href="/acts/9-38.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Impure</a> <a href="/acts/8-39.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/luke/7-23.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/acts/8-11.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/acts/7-13.htm">Second</a> <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Unholy</a> <a href="/acts/10-13.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Common</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/acts/26-29.htm">God</a> <a href="/acts/10-31.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/acts/11-8.htm">Impure</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Second</a> <a href="/acts/10-48.htm">Time</a> <a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Unholy</a> <a href="/acts/11-7.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-1.htm">Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-11.htm">who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-17.htm">and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-25.htm">Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-34.htm">As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/10-44.htm">the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they are baptized.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical narrative, God often repeats Himself to ensure understanding and obedience, as seen with figures like Moses and Samuel. The Greek word for "voice" (φωνή, phōnē) suggests an authoritative proclamation, underscoring the divine origin of the message. The repetition "a second time" highlights the necessity of Peter's comprehension and the significance of the revelation about to unfold.<p><b>Do not call anything impure</b><br />The term "impure" (κοινός, koinos) in Greek refers to something common or unclean, often used in Jewish law to describe foods or practices that were not ceremonially clean. This phrase challenges Peter's Jewish understanding of purity laws, which were deeply ingrained in his cultural and religious identity. The historical context here is crucial, as Jewish dietary laws were a significant boundary marker between Jews and Gentiles. This command is radical, as it begins to dismantle these barriers, preparing the way for the inclusion of Gentiles into the early Christian community.<p><b>that God has made clean</b><br />The phrase "has made clean" (καθαρίζω, katharizō) signifies a divine act of purification. In the Old Testament, God alone has the authority to declare something clean or unclean, as seen in Levitical laws. This statement reveals a transformative shift in God's redemptive plan, where the ceremonial laws are fulfilled in Christ, and the focus moves to the purity of the heart rather than external observances. Theologically, this signifies the new covenant in Christ, where all believers, Jew and Gentile alike, are made clean through faith in Jesus. This revelation is pivotal in the narrative of Acts, as it sets the stage for the gospel to reach all nations, breaking down the dividing wall of hostility (<a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.</span>--In the framework of the vision, the clean and the unclean beasts stood on the same footing, were let down from heaven in the same sheet. That had purified them from whatever taint had adhered to them under the precepts of the Law. In the interpretation of the vision, all that belongs to humanity had been taken up into heaven; first, when man's nature was assumed by the Eternal Word in the Incarnation (<a href="/john/1-14.htm" title="And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.">John 1:14</a>), and, secondly, when that nature had been raised in the Ascension to the heaven of heavens, sitting on the right hand of God (<a href="/acts/7-56.htm" title="And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.">Acts 7:56</a><span class= "ital">;</span> <a href="/mark/16-19.htm" title="So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.">Mark 16:19</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - A voice for <span class="accented">the voice</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">came</span> for <span class="accented">spake</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">make not</span> for <span class="accented">that call not</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">What God hath cleansed</span>, etc. "The Law was our schoolmaster ['tutor,' R.V.] to bring us to Christ." But now, under the gospel of faith, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. There is neither Jew nor Greek. "Old things are passed away, and all things are become new." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/10-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[The] voice</span><br /><span class="grk">φωνὴ</span> <span class="translit">(phōnē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5456.htm">Strong's 5456: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[spoke] to</span><br /><span class="grk">πρὸς</span> <span class="translit">(pros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> </span><span class="str2">To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτόν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a second time:</span><br /><span class="grk">δευτέρου</span> <span class="translit">(deuterou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1208.htm">Strong's 1208: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time. As the compare of duo; second.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Do not call anything impure</span><br /><span class="grk">κοίνου</span> <span class="translit">(koinou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2840.htm">Strong's 2840: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean. From koinos; to make profane.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἃ</span> <span class="translit">(Ha)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεὸς</span> <span class="translit">(Theos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has made clean.”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκαθάρισεν</span> <span class="translit">(ekatharisen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2511.htm">Strong's 2511: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. 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