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Acts 11 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2 - So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:3 - saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:4 - But Peter began and explained to them in order:

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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, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles 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, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:10 - This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:11 - At that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesare'a.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:12 - And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brethren also 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 the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon called Peter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:14 - he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:15 - As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:16 - And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - 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 withstand God?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."

The Church at Antioch

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:19 - Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoeni'cia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:20 - But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyre'ne, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, 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 that believed turned to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:22 - News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:23 - 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;

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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 large company was added to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:25 - So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - And one of them named Ag'abus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - And the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:30 - and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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