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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 11 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//acts/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > Acts 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/acts/11.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/10.htm" title="Acts 10">◄</a> Acts 11 <a href="../acts/12.htm" title="Acts 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Peter's Report at Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the apostles and the brothers being in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of <i>the</i> circumcision began contending with him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>saying, “You went to men having uncircumcision, and ate with them.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now Peter having begun, set forth to them in order, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“I was in <i>the</i> 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 down as far as me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Having looked intently on it, I was observing <i>it</i>, and I saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And also I heard a voice saying to me, <span class="red">‘Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat.’</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But I said, ‘In no way, Lord. For nothing ever common or unclean has entered into my mouth.’ </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But for a second <i>time</i> the voice answered out of heaven, <span class="red">‘What God has cleansed, you do not call unholy.’</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now this happened on three times, and all was drawn up into heaven again. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And behold, immediately three men having been sent to me from Caesarea stood at the house in which I was. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now the Spirit told me to go with them, not having discriminated. Now these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man’s house, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and he related to us how he had seen the angel having stood in his house and having said, ‘Send forth to Joppa, and send for Simon who is called Peter, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>who will speak words to you in which will be saved, you and all your household.’ </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, even as also upon us in <i>the</i> beginning. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said, <span class="red">‘John indeed baptized with water,<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Or ‘in water’">a</a></span> but you will be baptized with <i>the</i> Holy Spirit.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If then God has given to them the same gift as also to us having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how was I able to forbid God?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And having heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, “Then indeed God has given also to the Gentiles repentance unto life.” </p><p class="hdg">The Church at Antioch</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So 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 alone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And <i>the</i> hand of <i>the</i> Lord was with them, and a great number, having believed, turned to the Lord. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now the report concerning them was heard in the ears of the church being in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas to go as far as Antioch, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>who having come and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced and was exhorting all to abide in the Lord with resolute purpose of heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For he was a good man, and full of <i>the</i> Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large crowd was added to the Lord. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he went forth to Tarsus to seek Saul, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and having found <i>him</i>, he brought <i>him</i> to Antioch. Now it came to pass <i>that</i> they also gathered together an entire year in the church, and taught a large crowd. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified by the Spirit <i>that</i> a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And the disciples, as anyone was prospered, each of them determined to send for ministry to the brothers dwelling in Judea, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>which also they did, having sent <i>it</i> to the elders by <i>the</i> hand of Barnabas and Saul.<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>in water</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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