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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 11 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</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="/bmcc/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="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</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 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Peter’s Report to the Church at Jerusalem</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Now the apostles and the believers<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31569a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31570b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> criticized him, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>saying, “Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Then Peter began to explain it to them, step by step, saying, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four corners; and it came close to me. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>As I looked at it closely I saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>But I replied, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>But a second time the voice answered from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call profane.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>At that very moment three men, sent to me from Caesarea, arrived at the house where we were. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31580c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is called Peter; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>he will give you a message by which you and your entire household will be saved.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, “Then God has given even to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Church in Antioch</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they spoke the word to no one except Jews. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31588d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> also, proclaiming the Lord Jesus. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they met with<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31594e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> the church and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christians.”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>At that time prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world; and this took place during the reign of Claudius. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>The disciples determined that according to their ability, each would send relief to the believers<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31597f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> living in Judea; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 11:1">Acts 11:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>brothers</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 11:2">Acts 11:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk lacks <i>believers</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 11:12">Acts 11:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>not to hesitate</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 11:20">Acts 11:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Greeks</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 11:26">Acts 11:26</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>were guests of</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 11:29">Acts 11:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>brothers</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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