Acts 11 (NET)

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Acts 11:1¹Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:2²So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:3³saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:4⁴But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:5⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:6⁶As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:7⁷I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:8⁸But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:9⁹But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:10¹⁰This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:11¹¹At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:12¹²The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:13¹³He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:14¹⁴who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:15¹⁵Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:16¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:17¹⁷Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:18¹⁸When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:19¹⁹Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:20²⁰But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:21²¹The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:22²²A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:23²³When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:24²⁴because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:25²⁵Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:26²⁶and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:27²⁷At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:28²⁸One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:29²⁹So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Acts 11:30³⁰They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

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