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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" /><title>Acts 11 ESV</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/acts/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Peter Reports to the Church</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the apostles and the brothers<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or brothers and sisters">a</a></sup></span> who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Jerusalem, those of the circumcision">b</a></sup></span> criticized him, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But Peter began and explained it to them in order: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I heard a voice saying to me, <span class="woc">‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But the voice answered a second time from heaven, <span class="woc">‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, <span class="woc">‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”</p> <p class="heading">The Church in Antioch</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Greeks (that is, Greek-speaking non-Jews)">c</a></sup></span> also, preaching the Lord Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or brothers and sisters">d</a></sup></span> living in Judea. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">Jerusalem,</span> those of the circumcision</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>Greeks</i> (that is, Greek-speaking non-Jews)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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