Acts 11
Peter Reports at Jerusalem
1Now the apostles and athe brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, ▼▼ Lit those of the circumcision; i.e. Jewish Christians
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cthose who were circumcised took issue with him, 3saying, d“You ▼▼ Or entered the house of
went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4But Peter began speaking ▼▼ Lit and was explaining
and proceeded to explain to them gin orderly sequence, saying, 5 h“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw ia vision, an ▼▼ Or vessel
object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from ▼▼ Or heaven
the sky; and it came right down to me, 6and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it ▼▼ Lit and I saw
I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the ▼▼ Or reptiles
crawling creatures and the birds of the ▼▼ Or heaven
air. 7“I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; ▼▼ Or sacrifice
kill and eat.’ 8“But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing ▼▼ Or profane; lit common
unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9“But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘ qWhat God has cleansed, no longer ▼▼ Lit make common
consider unholy.’ 10“This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into ▼▼ Or heaven
the sky. 11“And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from tCaesarea. 12 u“The Spirit told me to go with them ▼▼ Or without making any distinction
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wwithout misgivings. xThese six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house. 13“And he reported to us how he had seen the angel ▼▼ Or after he had stood in his house and said
standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here; 14and he will speak zwords to you by which you will be saved, you and aaall your household.’ 15“And as I began to speak, abthe Holy Spirit fell upon them just acas He did upon us at the beginning. 16“And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘ adJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized ▼▼ Or in
with the Holy Spirit.’ 17“Therefore if afGod gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, agwho was I that I could ▼▼ Lit prevent God
stand in God’s way?” 18When they heard this, they ▼▼ Lit became silent
quieted down and ajglorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the akrepentance that leads to life.” The Church at Antioch
19 alSo then those who were scattered because of the ▼▼ Lit tribulation
persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way ▼▼ Lit as far as
to aoPhoenicia and apCyprus and aqAntioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. 20But there were some of them, men of arCyprus and asCyrene, who came to atAntioch and began speaking to the ▼▼ Lit Hellenists; people who lived by Greek customs and culture
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avGreeks also, ▼▼ Or bringing the good news of
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axpreaching the Lord Jesus. 21And aythe hand of the Lord was with them, and aza large number who believed turned to the Lord. 22The ▼▼ Lit word
news about them ▼▼ Lit was heard in
reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent bcBarnabas off ▼▼ Lit as far as
to beAntioch. 23Then when he arrived and ▼▼ Lit saw
witnessed bgthe grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with ▼▼ Lit purpose of heart
resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; 24for he was a good man, and bifull of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And bjconsiderable ▼▼ Lit crowd was
numbers were ▼▼ Lit added
brought to the Lord. 25And he left for bmTarsus to look for Saul; 26and when he had found him, he brought him to bnAntioch. And for an entire year they ▼▼ Or were gathered together
met with the church and taught considerable ▼▼ Lit crowd
numbers; and bqthe disciples were first called brChristians in bsAntioch. 27Now ▼▼ Lit in these days
at this time busome prophets came down from Jerusalem to bvAntioch. 28One of them named bwAgabus stood up and began to indicate ▼▼ Or through
by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine byall over the ▼▼ Lit inhabited earth
world. ▼▼ Lit which
And this took place in the reign of cbClaudius. 29And in the proportion that any of ccthe disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the ▼▼ Lit service
relief of cethe brethren living in Judea. 30 cfAnd this they did, sending it ▼▼ Lit by the hand of
in charge of chBarnabas and Saul to the cielders.
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