Acts 11

Acts 11:1

• The apostles and the
• The apostles, and the
• Now the apostles and the

• brothers who were throughout
• believers throughout
• believers in

• Judea

• heard that the
• heard that

• gentiles
• Gentiles

• also
• too

• had

• received the
• accepted the

• word of
• Word of

• God,
• God.
• God;

Acts 11:2

• So when Peter
• When Peter
• And when Peter
• and when Peter
• But when Peter
• But, when Peter

• went up to
• came up to
• came to
• went to

• Jerusalem, the
• Jerusalem the
• Jerusalem, those who
• Jerusalem, some
• Jerusalem, those of the

• circumcised believers
• Jewish believers
• circumcision

• criticized
• argued with
• took issue with
• contended with
• found fault with

• him.
• him,
• him
• him, saying,

Acts 11:3

• saying, “You

• went to
• went in to
• entered the

• uncircumcised
• house of uncircumcised

• men and
• men, and

• ate with
• eat with

• them!”
• them?”
• them?’
• them.
• them.”
• them!’

Acts 11:4

• But Peter
• Peter

• began and
• began, and
• began to

• explained to
• explained

• them in
• them
• them,
• them in an

• orderly sequence, saying,
• orderly sequence, saying:
• order, saying,
• order saying,
• step by step, saying,

Acts 11:5

• ’I
• ‘I
• “I
• He said, “I

• was in the

• city of
• town of

• Joppa
• Joppa,

• praying; and in a
• praying: and in a
• praying, and in a

• trance
• trance.
• trance,

• I

• saw a
• had a

• vision,
• vision, an

• object

• descending like a
• descending, like a

• great

• sheet
• sheet,

• let down from
• being let down from

• heaven by
• heaven by four
• heaven by its four

• its four corners, and
• corners.
• corners; and

• it
• It

• came to
• came right down to
• came close to
• came down to

• me.
• me:
• me;
• me,

Acts 11:6

• I
• When I
• Looking

• looked at
• looked into

• it.
• it,
• it and

• I saw animals, wild

• beasts,
• beasts, the

• reptiles and
• reptiles, and
• reptiles, and the

• birds;
• birds.
• birds of the air.
• birds of the sky.

Acts 11:7

• I also
• and I
• And I
• Then I
• I
• And I also
• and I also

• heard a voice

• saying to
• say to
• telling
• say, “
• say, ‘

• me, Get up,
• me, “Get up,
• me, ‘Get up,
• me, ‘Rise,
• Get up,

• Peter,
• Peter;
• Peter!
• Peter.

• Kill and
• kill and
• slaughter and
• Slaughter and
• kill something and

• eat;
• eat.”
• eat.
• eat!”
• eat!’
• eat.’
• eat them.”
• eat them.’
• eat them!”
• eat it.’
• eat it!’

Acts 11:8

• But I

• said, ‘No,
• said, “No,
• said, ‘By no means,
• said, ‘Not so,

• Lord! For
• Lord, for
• Lord; for
• Lord!
• Lord;

• nothing
• Nothing

• common or
• profane or
• unholy or
• impure or

• unclean
• unclean’

• has ever

• entered
• entered into

• my

• mouth.”
• mouth!’
• mouth.’
• lips.’
• lips.”

Acts 11:9

• But the voice
• But a voice
• Then the voice

• answered a
• replied a

• second time from

• heaven, “What
• heaven, What
• heaven, ‘What

• God has

• made clean,
• made clean
• cleansed

• you must not

• call
• call ‘
• consider

• common.
• common.’
• unclean.’
• unclean!’
• profane.”
• profane.’
• unholy.”
• unholy.’

Acts 11:10

• “This happened three
• This happened three

• times and
• times, and
• times,
• times;
• times.

• then
• Then
• then the
• Then the

• everything
• it
• whole thing

• was
• was all

• drawn up
• pulled
• taken
• drawn

• again into
• again into the
• back into
• back up into the
• back up into
• again to

• heaven,
• heaven.
• sky.

Acts 11:11

• At that very
• And behold, at that very
• Right
• “Just

• moment three
• moment, three
• then three

• men

• arrived at the
• appeared at the
• came to the
• stopped at the
• stood before the

• house where
• house in which
• house, in which

• I
• we

• was, having been
• was staying. They had been
• were staying; they had
• were staying. They had
• were,

• sent to
• sent from
• been sent from

• me from
• Caesarea to

• Caesarea.
• me.
• me,

Acts 11:12

• The spirit
• The Spirit
• The Holy Spirit
• And the Spirit
• and the Spirit
• Then the Spirit

• told me to

• go with
• accompany

• them, without
• them without
• them,
• them.

• hesitation. These six
• discriminating. These six

• brothers
• companions

• also
• here
• here also

• went with
• accompanied
• came with

• me and
• me, and
• me.

• we
• We

• entered the
• went into the
• entered into the

• man’s

• house.
• house,

Acts 11:13

• “He
• He
• he
• and he
• And he

• told
• reported to
• related to

• us how
• us that

• he had

• seen an
• seen the

• angel

• standing in
• appear in

• his

• house and
• house, and
• house who
• house, who

• saying,
• saying, ‘
• said, ‘
• said, “
• said to him, “
• said to him, ‘
• saying to him,
• saying to him, ‘
• say, ‘

• Send to
• Send

• Joppa, and
• Joppa and
• Jaffa and

• summon
• fetch
• bring
• call for

• Simon who is
• Simon, who is
• Simon
• Simon, who is also

• called
• known as
• surnamed

• Peter;
• Peter,
• Peter.

Acts 11:14

• who will
• He will

• speak
• speak a

• words to
• message to

• you by which
• you.
• you,
• you how

• you and all
• you and
• You and

• your
• your entire

• household
• family
• house

• will
• can

• be

• saved.
• saved!’
• saved.”
• saved.’

Acts 11:15

• “As I
• As I
• And as I
• “When I
• When I
• And when I
• After I
• “After I

• began to
• began

• speak, the
• speaking, the

• holy
• Holy

• spirit
• Spirit

• fell on
• fell upon
• came on
• came down on

• them
• them,

• just as

• He
• he
• it

• did on
• came on
• did upon
• had upon
• had come on

• us at the
• us in the

• beginning.
• beginning,

Acts 11:16

• Then I
• and I
• And I
• I

• remembered the

• word of the
• words of the

• Lord, how he
• Lord, how He

• said, ‘John
• said, ‘John indeed
• had said, ‘John
• used to say, ‘John

• baptized with
• baptized in

• water, but
• water but

• you

• will
• shall

• be

• baptized with the
• baptized in the
• baptised with the

• holy
• Holy

• spirit.’
• Spirit.”
• Spirit!’
• Spirit.’

Acts 11:17

• If then
• Therefore if
• Therefore, if

• God

• gave
• gave to
• gave these

• them the
• Gentiles the

• same

• gift
• gift as
• gift that
• gift to

• He
• he
• them as he

• gave
• gave to

• us when we

• believed in the
• believed on the

• Lord

• Jesus
• Jesus the
• Jesus, the

• Christ, who
• Christ; who

• was I that I could

• hinder
• withstand
• oppose

• God?”
• God!”
• God?

Acts 11:18

• [Translation pending]

Acts 11:19

• Now those who

• were
• had been

• scattered because of the
• scattered by the
• scattered as a
• scattered after the

• persecution that
• persecution, which
• persecution which
• trouble that

• arose over
• took place over
• arose about

• Stephen
• Stephen,

• traveled as
• went
• was killed. Some of them went
• was killed. They went
• made their way as

• far as
• as far as

• Phoenicia,
• Phoenicia and
• Phoenicia, and

• Cyprus and
• Cyprus, and

• Antioch
• Antioch.
• Antioch,
• Antioch. But
• Antioch, but

• speaking the
• telling the
• they
• They
• preaching the

• word to no
• message to no
• word
• word to
• told the message
• message

• only to
• one except
• one except to
• only to the
• one but

• Jews.
• Jewish people.

Acts 11:20

• But there were some of

• them
• them,

• men of
• men from

• Cyprus and

• Cyrene,
• Cyrene
• Cyrene, who, when
• Cyrene who, on
• Cyrene, who on
• Cyrene, who

• came to
• went to
• coming to
• they had come to
• arrived in

• Antioch
• Antioch,
• Antioch and

• spoke to the
• began to speak to
• began speaking to the

• Greeks also, preaching the Lord

• Jesus.
• Jesus,

Acts 11:21

• And the hand of the
• The hand of the
• The power of the

• Lord was with

• them and a
• them, and a

• great
• large

• number who
• number

• believed and
• believed
• became believers, and
• became believers and

• turned to the Lord.

Acts 11:22

• The news about them
• News of this

• reached the
• came to the

• church in
• ears of the church in
• ears of the church at

• Jerusalem, and
• Jerusalem and
• Jerusalem; and
• Jerusalem.

• they
• They

• sent Barnabas to

• Antioch.
• Antioch,

Acts 11:23

• When he
• who, when he

• arrived and
• came and

• saw the
• saw what the
• had seen the

• grace of

• God,
• God

• he

• was glad, and
• was glad; and

• he

• urged
• exhorted

• them all to
• them to

• remain

• faithful to the
• true to the

• Lord with
• Lord with all

• their
• devoted

• hearts,
• hearts.
• hearts;
• heart,
• heart.

Acts 11:24

• For he
• for he
• Barnabas
• because he
• He

• was a good

• man,
• man, and
• man and

• full of the
• filled with the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit and of
• Spirit and
• spirit and

• faith. And a
• faith, and a
• faith—and a
• faith, and
• faith. And
• faith. A

• many
• large
• large number of
• great many
• considerable number of

• people
• numbers

• were
• was

• added to the
• brought to the
• won over to the

• Lord.

Acts 11:25

• Then Barnabas
• Barnabas
• Then he
• So Barnabas

• went to
• departed for
• went to the

• Tarsus to
• city of Tarsus to

• look for

• Saul.
• Saul,
• Saul;
• Saul

Acts 11:26

• [Translation pending]

Acts 11:27

• At that time some
• During this time some
• During this time, some
• About that time some
• About that time, some
• Now in these days,
• Now in these days
• At that time
• At that time,
• In those days some

• prophets

• came down from
• came from
• went from

• Jerusalem to
• Jerusalem

• Antioch.
• Antioch,

Acts 11:28

• One of them,
• One of them
• and one of them
• And one of them
• Then one of them,

• named

• Agabus
• Agabus,

• stood up, and
• stood up and

• predicted by the
• indicated by the

• Spirit that there

• would
• should

• be a

• great
• severe

• famine over all the
• famine all over the

• world. (This
• world (this
• world: which
• world, which
• world. And this
• world; and this

• took
• also

• place in the
• place during the
• happened in the

• reign of
• days of
• time of

• Claudius.
• Claudius).
• Claudius.)

Acts 11:29

• [Translation pending]

Acts 11:30

• They
• This they
• this they
• And this they
• and they
• And they
• which they
• which also they

• did,
• did this and
• did so,
• did this,
• also did,

• sending
• sent

• it to the
• their gift to the

• elders by the hand of
• elders by
• elders by the hands of

• Barnabas and

• Saul.
• Saul to the elders.