Acts 11 (NET)

Acts 11:1¹Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:27Mal 1:11Isa 32:15Rom 15:7-12Acts 14:27Acts 15:3Gal 1:17-22Isa 49:6Zech 8:20-23Acts 10:34-38

Acts 11:2²So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:45Acts 10:9Acts 15:1Acts 21:20-23Gal 2:12-14Acts 15:5

Acts 11:3³saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:28Gal 2:12Luke 15:21 Cor 5:112 John 1:10Acts 10:23Acts 10:48

Acts 11:4⁴But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:3Acts 14:27Josh 22:21-31Prov 15:1

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:9-32Amos 8:2Acts 11:5-14Acts 22:17Acts 9:10Amos 7:4-7Ezek 2:9Jer 1:11-142 Cor 12:1-3

Acts 11:6⁶As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:20Acts 3:4

Acts 11:7⁷I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 11:8⁸But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 14:141 Cor 7:14Hos 9:3Ezra 9:11-12Lev 10:10Lev 11:47Mark 7:2

Acts 11:9⁹But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:9Heb 9:13-141 Tim 4:5Acts 10:15Acts 10:28Acts 10:34-35

Acts 11:10¹⁰This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:8John 13:38John 21:17Num 24:10

Acts 11:11¹¹At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:17-18Acts 9:10-12Exod 4:14Exod 4:27

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:29Rom 3:222 Thess 2:2Acts 10:23Acts 10:45Acts 15:9Acts 16:6-7John 16:13Matt 1:20Acts 10:19-20

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:30-32Acts 10:22Acts 10:3-6Acts 12:11Acts 9:43Heb 1:14

Acts 11:14¹⁴who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:22Acts 16:15Acts 16:31-341 John 5:9-13Acts 10:2Acts 10:32-33Acts 10:6Acts 2:39Gen 17:7John 12:50

Acts 11:15¹⁵Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:6Acts 10:34-46Acts 2:2-12Acts 4:31

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:5Mark 1:8Prov 1:23Luke 3:16Matt 3:111 Cor 12:13John 14:26Acts 19:2-4Acts 20:35Ezek 36:25

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:47Rom 9:20-26Acts 15:8-9Dan 4:35Job 33:13Rom 11:34-36Rom 9:15-16Acts 10:45Acts 11:15Acts 5:39

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 10:12-132 Cor 7:10Ezek 36:262 Tim 2:25-26Acts 20:21Acts 5:31Jas 1:16-17Eph 3:5-8Jer 31:18-202 Cor 3:18

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:22Acts 15:3Acts 15:35Acts 21:2Acts 4:36Acts 11:26-27Acts 13:1Acts 13:4Acts 13:46Acts 15:39

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:1Matt 27:321 Cor 1:23-24Acts 2:10Acts 6:9Eph 3:81 Cor 2:2Acts 17:18Acts 4:36Acts 5:42-6:1

Acts 11:21²¹The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:47Luke 1:66Acts 5:141 Cor 3:6-71 Thess 1:5Acts 6:7Acts 9:35Isa 59:11 Thess 1:9-102 Chr 30:12

Acts 11:22²²A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:271 Thess 3:6Acts 11:1Acts 13:1-3Acts 15:2Acts 15:22Acts 15:35-39Acts 4:36-37Acts 8:14

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:58Acts 14:221 John 2:28Acts 13:432 Tim 3:10Acts 20:24Deut 30:20Josh 23:8Col 1:6Deut 10:20

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:21Acts 5:14Ps 112:5Acts 6:5Acts 9:312 Sam 18:27Acts 6:3Acts 6:8Rom 15:15Acts 24:16

Acts 11:25²⁵Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:11Acts 9:27Acts 9:30Acts 21:39

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:16Acts 26:281 Pet 4:141 Cor 12:121 Cor 14:231 Cor 4:171 John 2:27Acts 14:27Eph 3:15Matt 28:19

Acts 11:27²⁷At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:11 Cor 12:28Eph 4:11Acts 15:32Acts 2:17Matt 23:341 Cor 14:32Acts 21:4Acts 21:9

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:10Acts 18:21 Kgs 17:1-16Luke 2:1Luke 3:12 Kgs 8:1-2Gen 41:30-31Gen 41:38Matt 24:14

Acts 11:29²⁹So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:12-141 Cor 16:1-22 Cor 8:2-4Gal 2:101 Cor 13:52 Cor 9:1-2Heb 13:5-6Rom 15:25-27Acts 11:1Acts 11:26

Acts 11:30³⁰They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:25Acts 14:231 Tim 5:17Acts 15:4Acts 15:6Acts 16:4Acts 20:17Jas 5:14Titus 1:51 Pet 5:1