Acts 11

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Peter’s Report at Jerusalem

¹The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

¹Now the apostles and the brothers being in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

²So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers^a took issue with him

²And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision began contending with him,

³and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

³saying, “You went to men having uncircumcision and ate with them.”

⁴But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

⁴Now Peter, having begun, set it forth to them in order, saying,

⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down out of heaven by four corners, and it came as far as me.

⁶I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

⁶Having looked intently on it, I was observing it, and I saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air.

⁷Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

⁷And also I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat.’

⁸‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure^a or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

⁸But I said, ‘In no way, Lord, for never has a common or unclean thing entered into my mouth.’

⁹But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

⁹But for a second time the voice answered out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you do not call common.’

¹⁰This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

¹⁰Now this happened three times, and all was drawn up into heaven again.

¹¹Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

¹¹And behold, immediately three men having been sent to me from Caesarea stood at the house in which we were.

¹²The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

¹²And the Spirit told me to go with them, not having doubted. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man’s house,

¹³He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

¹³and he related to us how he saw the angel having stood in his house and having said, ‘Send forth to Joppa and send for Simon who is called Peter,

¹⁴He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

¹⁴who will speak words to you by which you will be saved—you and all your household.’

¹⁵As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

¹⁵And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning.

¹⁶Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’^a

¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

¹⁷So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

¹⁷If, then, God gave to them the same gift as also to us having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how was I able to forbid God?”

¹⁸When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

¹⁸And having heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, “Then indeed God has given also to the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

The Church at Antioch

¹⁹Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

¹⁹Therefore, indeed, those having been scattered by the tribulation having taken place over Stephen passed through to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

²⁰But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks^a as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

²⁰But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking also to the Hellenists, proclaiming the gospel—the Lord Jesus.

²¹The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

²¹And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number, having believed, turned to the Lord.

²²When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

²²Now the report was heard in the ears of the church being in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go as far as Antioch—

²³When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

²³who, having come and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced and was exhorting all to abide in the Lord with resolute purpose of heart.

²⁴Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

²⁴For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

²⁵Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

²⁵And he went out to Tarsus to seek Saul,

²⁶and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

²⁶and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that they also gathered together a whole year in the church and taught a great multitude. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

²⁷In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

²⁷Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

²⁸One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world.^a ( This happened under Claudius.)

²⁸And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified by the Spirit that a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius.

²⁹So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

²⁹And the disciples, as anyone was prospered, each of them determined to send for ministry to the brothers dwelling in Judea,

³⁰This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

³⁰which also they did, having sent it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.