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Themes in Acts 11
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Themes in Acts 11

Acts 11:1

The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.

Acts 11:2

When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him,

Acts 11:3

saying, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

Acts 11:4

Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:

Acts 11:5

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

Acts 11:6

When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

Acts 11:7

Then I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’

Acts 11:8

“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

Acts 11:9

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

Acts 11:10

“Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven.

Acts 11:11

At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.

Acts 11:12

Then the Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.

Acts 11:13

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

Acts 11:14

He will speak a message to you that you and all your household will be saved by.’

Acts 11:15

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Acts 11:16

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 11:17

Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

Acts 11:19

Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.

Acts 11:20

But there were some of them, Cypriot and Cyrenian men, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:21

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Acts 11:22

Then the report about them was heard by the church that was at Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.

Acts 11:25

Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,

Acts 11:26

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

Acts 11:27

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 11:28

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

Acts 11:29

So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Acts 11:30

They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.
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