Acts 10:15

10:15 The voice ¹  spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not consider ²  ritually unclean!” ³ 

Acts 11:9

11:9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ⁴  ritually unclean!’

Acts 21:28

21:28 shouting, “Men of Israel, ⁵  help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, ⁶  and this sanctuary! ⁷  Furthermore ⁸  he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple ⁹  and made this holy place ritually unclean!” ¹⁰ 

[10:15]  ¹ tn Grk “And the voice.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:15]  ² tn Or “declare.”

[10:15]  ³ sn For the significance of this vision see Mark 7:14-23; Rom 14:14; Eph 2:11-22. God directed this change in practice.

[11:9]  ⁴ tn Or “declare.” The wording matches Acts 10:15.

[21:28]  ⁷ tn Or “Israelite men,” although this is less natural English. The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, it is conceivable that this is a generic usage since “the whole crowd” is mentioned in v. 27, although it can also be argued that these remarks were addressed primarily to the men present, even if women were there.

[21:28]  ⁸ sn The law refers to the law of Moses.

[21:28]  ⁹ tn Grk “this place.”

[21:28]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 400 s.v. ἔτι 2.b has “ἔ. δὲ καί furthermore…al. ἔ. τε καί…Lk 14:26; Ac 21:28.” This is a continuation of the same sentence in Greek, but due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[21:28]  ¹¹ tn Grk “into the temple.” The specific reference is to the Court of the Sons of Israel (see the note following the term “unclean” at the end of this verse). To avoid giving the modern reader the impression that they entered the temple building itself, the phrase “the inner courts of the temple” has been used in the translation.

[21:28]  ¹² tn Or “and has defiled this holy place.”