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Acts 11 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Peter Defends God’s Grace
Peter Defends God’s Grace

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2 - And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:3 - saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:4 - But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - “When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:7 - “And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 - “But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But the voice answered me again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:10 - “Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:11 - “At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:12 - “Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:13 - “And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:14 - ‘who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:15 - “And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:16 - “Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - “If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
Barnabas and Saul at Antioch

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:19 - Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:20 - But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:21 - And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:22 - Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:23 - When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24 - For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:25 - Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Relief to Judea

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:27 - And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:30 - This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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