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Acts 11 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Peter Explains His Actions

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Act 11:1 - The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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Act 11:2 - So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him

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Act 11:3 - and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

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Act 11:4 - Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

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Act 11:5 - “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

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Act 11:6 - I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

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Act 11:7 - Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

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Act 11:8 - “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

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Act 11:9 - “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

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Act 11:10 - This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.

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Act 11:11 - “Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

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Act 11:12 - The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

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Act 11:13 - He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

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Act 11:14 - He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’

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Act 11:15 - “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.

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Act 11:16 - Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with[fn] water, but you will be baptized with[fn] the Holy Spirit.’

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Act 11:17 - So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”

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Act 11:18 - When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

The Church in Antioch

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Act 11:19 - Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews.

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Act 11:20 - Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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Act 11:21 - The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

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Act 11:22 - News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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Act 11:23 - When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.

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Act 11:24 - He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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Act 11:25 - Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

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Act 11:26 - and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

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Act 11:27 - During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

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Act 11:28 - One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)

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Act 11:29 - The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea.

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Act 11:30 - This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

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