{"book":"Acts","slug":"acts","ch":11,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Acts of the Apostles","prev":"acts/10","next":"acts/12","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.","f":[],"h":"Peter’s Report at Jerusalem","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[So] when Peter went up to Jerusalem, [the] circumcised [believers] took issue with him","f":["Literally those of the circumcision"]},{"v":3,"t":"[and] said,“ You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"But Peter began [and] explained to them the whole sequence of events:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"“ 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.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"I looked at it {closely} [and] saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Then I heard a voice saying to me,‘ Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Then I heard a voice saying to me,"},{"style":"red","t":"‘ Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’"}],"style":"red"},{"v":8,"t":"‘ No, Lord,’ I said,‘ for nothing impure or unclean has {ever} entered my mouth.’","f":["Literally common; similarly in verse 9"],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"But the voice spoke from heaven a second [time],‘ Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"But the voice spoke from heaven a second [time],"},{"style":"red","t":"‘ Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house [where] I was [staying].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘ Send to Joppa [for] Simon who is called Peter.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"[He] will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"[As] I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as [He had fallen] upon us at [the] beginning.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said,‘ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with [the] Holy Spirit.’","f":["Or ‘John baptized in water, but in a few days you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’ Acts 1:5"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said,"},{"style":"red","t":"‘ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with [the] Holy Spirit.’"}],"style":"red"},{"v":17,"t":"So 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?”","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"[When] they heard [this], they had no further [objections], and they glorified God, saying,“ So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.","f":[],"h":"The Church at Antioch","style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.","f":["Or the Hellenists"]},{"v":21,"t":"[The] hand of [the] Lord was with them, and [a] great number [of people] believed [and] turned to the Lord.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"[When] news of this [reached] the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"[When] he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"[Barnabas] was a good man, full of [the] Holy Spirit and faith, and a great [number of people] were brought to the Lord.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Then [Barnabas] went to Tarsus to look for Saul,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"and [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.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"In those days [some] prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"One of them named Agabus stood up [and] predicted through the Spirit [that] a great famine would sweep across the whole world. ( [This] happened under Claudius.)","f":["Or the entire Roman world"]},{"v":29,"t":"[So] the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"This they did, sending [their gifts] to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.","f":[]}]}