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Acts 11

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Acts 11 . 1

1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.TOSKActs 11:1

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2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with himTOSKActs 11:2

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3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”IPGenesis 34:14TOSKActs 11:3

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4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:TOSKActs 11:4

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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.TOSKActs 11:5

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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.IPGenesis 1:24TOSKActs 11:6TTNew Moons (Renewal and Rest)

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7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’TOSKActs 11:7

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8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’IPEzekiel 4:14TOSKActs 11:8

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9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’TOSKActs 11:9

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10 This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.TOSKActs 11:10

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

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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.TOSKActs 11:12

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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.TOSKActs 11:13

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14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’TOSKActs 11:14

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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.IPJoel 2:28-29TOSKActs 11:15ATNI Will Pour Out My Spirit

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16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’TOSKActs 11:16

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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?”TOSKActs 11:17

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18 When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”TOSKActs 11:18

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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.CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:19

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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.CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:20

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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.IPExodus 9:3CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:21

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22 When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.IPGenesis 20:8CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:22

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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.IPPsalms 9:38CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:23

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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.CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:24

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25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:25

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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.CActs 11:19-26TOSKActs 11:26

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27 In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.TOSKActs 11:27

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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.)TOSKActs 11:28