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Acts 11:9-11
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Acts 11:9-11
New English Translation
9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider[a] ritually unclean!’ 10 This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again. 11 At that very moment,[b] three men sent to me from Caesarea[c] approached[d] the house where we were staying.[e]
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- Acts 11:9 tn Or “declare.” The wording matches Acts 10:15.
- Acts 11:11 tn Grk “And behold.”
- Acts 11:11 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
- Acts 11:11 tn See BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1 for this meaning for ἐπέστησαν (epestēsan) here.
- Acts 11:11 tn The word “staying” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
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