Thematic Bible




Acts 11:1 (show verse)

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had accepted the word of God.

Acts 11:2 (show verse)

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,

Acts 11:3 (show verse)

saying, "You went to men {who were uncircumcised} and ate with them!"

Acts 11:4 (show verse)

But Peter began [and] explained [it] to them in an orderly sequence, saying,

Acts 11:5 (show verse)

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision--an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

Acts 11:6 (show verse)

[As I] looked intently into it, I was considering [it], and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild animals and the reptiles and the birds of the sky.

Acts 11:7 (show verse)

And I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!'

Acts 11:8 (show verse)

But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!'

Acts 11:9 (show verse)

But the voice replied from heaven for the second time, '[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!'

Acts 11:10 (show verse)

And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again.

Acts 11:11 (show verse)

And behold, at once three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea approached the house in which we were [staying].

Acts 11:12 (show verse)

And the Spirit told me to accompany them, not hesitating [at all]. So these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.

Acts 11:13 (show verse)

And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is also called Peter,

Acts 11:14 (show verse)

who will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'

Acts 11:15 (show verse)

And [as] I was beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as also on us at the beginning.

Acts 11:16 (show verse)

And 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 (show verse)

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as also to us [when we] believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I [to be] able to hinder God?"

Acts 11:18 (show verse)

And [when they] heard these [things], they became silent and praised God, saying, "Then God has granted the repentance [leading] to life to the Gentiles also!"

Acts 11:19 (show verse)

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, proclaiming the message to no one except Jews alone.

Acts 11:20 (show verse)

But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, [when they] came to Antioch, began to speak to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:21 (show verse)

And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Acts 11:22 (show verse)

{And the report came to the attention} of the church that was in Jerusalem about them, and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch,

Acts 11:23 (show verse)

who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},

Acts 11:24 (show verse)

because he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large number were added to the Lord.

Acts 11:25 (show verse)

So he departed for Tarsus to look for Saul.

Acts 11:26 (show verse)

And [when he] found [him], he brought [him] to Antioch. And it happened to them also [that they] met together [for] a whole year with the church and taught a large number [of people]. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

Acts 11:27 (show verse)

Now in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 11:28 (show verse)

And one of them {named} Agabus stood up [and] indicated by the Spirit [that] a great famine was about to come over the whole inhabited earth (which took place in the time of Claudius).

Acts 11:29 (show verse)

So from the disciples, {according to their ability to give}, each one of them determined to send [financial aid] for support to the brothers who lived in Judea,

Acts 11:30 (show verse)

which they also did, sending [the aid] to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.