g.
The recognition by the apostles and the brothers in Judea
11:1-18
Acts 11
:1
11:1
And the apostles and the
abrothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
Acts 11
:2
11:2
And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the
1acircumcision disputed with him,
Acts 11
:3
11:3
Saying, You went in to men who are uncircumcised and
aate bwith them.
Acts 11
:4
11:4
And Peter began, and he explained to them in sequence, saying,
Acts 11
:5
11:5
I was in the city of Joppa
apraying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down by four corners out of heaven; and it came unto me.
Acts 11
:6
11:6
Looking intently into it, I examined
it and saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the reptiles and the birds of heaven.
Acts 11
:7
11:7
And I also heard a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter; slay and eat!
Acts 11
:8
11:8
But I said, By no means, Lord, for no common or unclean thing has ever entered into my mouth.
Acts 11
:9
11:9
And a voice answered a second time out of heaven, The things that God has cleansed, do not make common.
Acts 11
:10
11:10
And this occurred three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven.
Acts 11
:11
11:11
And behold, at that moment three men stood at the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
Acts 11
:12
11:12
And the Spirit told me to go with them,
1doubting nothing. And
2these asix brothers went with me also; and we entered into the man's house.
Acts 11
:13
11:13
And he reported to us how he saw the angel standing in his house and saying, Send
men to Joppa and send for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
Acts 11
:14
11:14
Who will speak words to you by which you shall be saved, you and all your
1house.
Acts 11
:15
11:15
And as I began to speak, the Holy
aSpirit fell on them just as also on us
bin the beginning.
Acts 11
:16
11:16
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said,
aJohn baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.
Acts 11
:17
11:17
If therefore God has given to them the equal
agift bas also to us who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ,
cwho was I that I could have forbidden God?
Acts 11
:18
11:18
And when they heard these things, they became silent and
aglorified God, saying, Then to the
bGentiles also God has given
crepentance unto
1life.
17.
The spreading to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch
11:19-26
Acts 11
:19
11:19
Those then who were
1ascattered by the tribulation which took place on account of Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to
2no one except Jews only.
Acts 11
:20
11:20
But there were some of them,
1men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and
2spoke also to the
aGreeks,
bannouncing the Lord Jesus as the gospel.
Acts 11
:21
11:21
And the
ahand of the Lord was with them, and a
bgreat number who believed
cturned to the Lord.
Acts 11
:22
11:22
And the account concerning them was heard in the ears of the
achurch which was in Jerusalem, and they
1sent out
2Barnabas to pass through as far as Antioch,
Acts 11
:23
11:23
Who, when he arrived and saw the
1agrace of God,
brejoiced and encouraged them all to
2remain with the Lord with
cpurpose of heart;
Acts 11
:24
11:24
For he was a good man and
1full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a
aconsiderable 2number was
badded to the Lord.
Acts 11
:25
11:25
And he went forth to
aTarsus to search for Saul;
Acts 11
:26
11:26
And when he found him, he brought him to
aAntioch. And it happened with them that for a whole year they were gathered in the
bchurch and taught a considerable number and that the disciples were first called
1cChristians in Antioch.
18.
The communication between the church in Antioch and the saints in Judea
11:27-30
Acts 11
:27
11:27
And in these days
1aprophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 11
:28
11:28
And one of them named
aAgabus rose up and signified through the
bSpirit that there was about to be a great
cfamine over the whole inhabited earth, which occurred during the time of
1dClaudius.
Acts 11
:29
11:29
And the
1disciples, according to how one was
2prospered, determined, each one of them, to
asend things 3for bdispensing to the
cbrothers dwelling in Judea,
Acts 11
:30
11:30
Which also they did, sending
it to the
1aelders through the hand of
bBarnabas and
2Saul.
