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Acts 11

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Introduction 1:1–26
The Ascension 1:6–11
Matthias Replaces Judas 1:12–26
Pentecost 2:1–47
The Holy Spirit at Pentecost 2:1–13
Peter Addresses the Crowd 2:14–36
Three Thousand Believe 2:37–41
The Fellowship of Believers 2:42–47
Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade 3:11–26
Peter and John before the Sanhedrin 4:1–12
The Name Forbidden 4:13–22
The Believer’s Prayer 4:23–31
Sharing among Believers 4:32–37
Ananias and Sapphira 5:1–11
The Apostles Heal Many 5:12–16
The Apostles Arrested and Freed 5:17–23
The Apostles before the Sanhedrin 5:24–32
Gamaliel’s Advice 5:33–42
The Arrest of Stephen 6:8–15
Stephen’s Defense 7:1–53
Patriarchal Narratives 7:1–19
Joseph Sold into Egypt 7:9–14
Israel Oppressed in Egypt 7:15–19
Moses Narrative 7:20–38
The Birth and Adoption of Moses 7:20–22
The Rejection and Flight of Moses 7:23–29
The Call of Moses 7:30–38
The Rebellion of Israel 7:39–43
The Tabernacle of the Testimony 7:44–50
The Accused becomes the Accuser 7:51–53
The Stoning of Stephen 7:54–60
Witnesses in Judea and Samaria 8:4–12:25
Philip’s Ministry 8:4–40
Simon the Sorcerer 8:9–25
Philip and the Ethiopian 8:26–40
Conversion of Saul of Tarsus 9:1–30
Ananias Baptizes Saul 9:10–19
Saul Preaches at Damascus 9:20–22
The Escape from Damascus 9:23–25
Saul in Jerusalem 9:26–30
Peter’s Ministry 9:31–11:18
The Healing of Aeneas 9:31–35
The Raising of Tabitha 9:36–43
Cornelius, the God-Fearing Gentile 10:1–11:18
Peter’s Vision 10:9–16
Peter Called to Caesarea 10:17–23
Peter Visits Cornelius 10:24–33
Good News for Gentiles 10:34–43
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit 10:44–48
Peter’s Report at Jerusalem 11:1–18
The Church at Antioch 11:19–30

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1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

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3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

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4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

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

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6 I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

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7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

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8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

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9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

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10 This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

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11 Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

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12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

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13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

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14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

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15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

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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.’

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17 So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

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18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

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19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

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20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

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22 When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

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24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

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26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

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

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28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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29 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

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30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

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