Acts 11
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Gentile Salvation Defended
1The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, # 11:2 Ac 10:45; Col 4:11; 1Tm 1:10 3saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” # 11:3 Ac 10:28; Gl 2:12
4Peter began to explain to them step by step, 5“I # 11:5–14 Ac 10:9–32 was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a trance, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me. 6When 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. 7I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’
8“ ‘No, Lord! ’ I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call impure.’
10“Now this happened three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven. 11At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were. 12The Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house. # 11:12 Ac 8:29; 10:23; 15:9 13He 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. 14He will speak a message to you by which you and all your household # 11:14 Jn 4:53; Ac 10:2; 16:15,31–34; 18:8; 1Co 1:16 will be saved.’
15“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning. # 11:15 Ac 2:4; 10:44 16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ # 11:16 Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16; Jn 1:33; Ac 1:5 17If, then, God gave them the same gift that he also gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God? ” # 11:17 Ac 5:39; 10:45,47
18When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.” # 11:18 Rm 10:12–13; 2Co 7:10
The Church in Antioch
19Now 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, # 11:19 Ac 6:5; 13:1; 14:26; 15:22–23,30,35; 18:22; Gl 2:11 speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks # 11:20 Lit Hellenists also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus. # 11:20 Mt 27:32; Ac 4:36 21The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. # 11:21 Lk 1:66; Ac 2:47; 9:35 22News about them reached # 11:22 Lit reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel # 11:22 Other mss omit to travel as far as Antioch. 23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts, # 11:23 Ac 13:43; 14:26; 15:40; 20:24,32 24for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit # 11:24 Lk 4:1; Ac 6:5; 7:55 and of faith. And large numbers of people were added # 11:24 Ac 2:41,47; 5:14 to the Lord.
25Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul, 26and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples # 11:26 Ac 6:1; 9:1; 13:52; 14:20; 15:10; 16:1; 19:1 were first called Christians at Antioch. # 11:26 Ac 26:28; 1Pt 4:16
Famine Relief
27In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. # 11:27 Ac 13:1; 15:32; 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:11 28One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. # 11:28 Or the whole world This took place during the reign of Claudius. # 11:28 Mt 24:14; Ac 18:2; 21:10; Gl 2:2 29Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea. # 11:29 Rm 15:26; 2Co 9:1–2; Gl 2:10 30They did this, sending it to the elders # 11:30 Ac 14:23; 15:2; 16:4; 20:17; 21:18; 1Tm 5:17,19; Jms 5:14; 2Jn 1 by means of Barnabas and Saul.
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Gevurot Meyruach Hakodesh 11
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1And the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Achim b'Moshiach, the ones throughout Yehudah, heard that also the non-Jews received the dvar Hashem. 2But when Kefa went up to Yerushalayim, those of the faction of the Bris Milah were taking issue with him, 3Saying, You entered into a bais of anashim arelim (uncircumcised men) and you sat at tish with them. 4But Kefa began explaining to them beseder (in order), saying, 5I was davening in the shtetl of Yafo and in a trance I saw a chazon (vision) of a certain object descending like a large linen cloth lowered by four corners from Shomayim, and it came up to me. 6And when I had gazed upon it, I saw fourfooted animals of ha'aretz and chayyat hasadeh and remasim haAdamah and oph HaShomayim. 7And I heard also a bat kol saying to me, Get up, Kefa. Kill and eat. 8But I said, By no means, Adoni, because nothing common or tameh (unclean) has ever entered into my stomach. 9And the bat kol answered for a second time from Shomayim, What Hashem made tahor (clean) do not declare tameh (unclean). 10This happened shlosh pe'amim, and everything was pulled up again into Shomayim. 11Hinei, at once shloshah anashim stood at the bais in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me. 12And the Ruach Hakodesh said to me to accompany them without hesitating and these sheshet haAchim b'Moshiach came with me also, and we entered into the bais of the ish. 13He reported to us how he saw the malach in his bais having stood and having said, Send to Yafo and summon Shim'on, the one being called Kefa, 14Who will speak words to you by which you and all your bais will find Yeshu'at Eloheinu. 15As I began to speak, the Ruach Hakodesh fell upon them, just as also upon us in the beginning. 16And I remembered the dvar of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu, how he used to say, Yochanan gave a tevilah of teshuva with a mikveh mayim, but you will be given a tevilah with the Ruach Hakodesh. 17If then Hashem gave the same matanah to them as also to us after believing in Moshiach Adoneinu, who then was I to stand in the way of Hashem? 18And having heard these things, they were silenced and glorified Hashem, saying Then also to the Nations Hashem has given teshuva unto Chayyim.
19Then the ones, that is, those having been scattered because of the tzoros that happened in connection with Stefanos, came to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, darshenen to no one the dvar Hashem except only to Yehudim. 20And there were some of them, anashim of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having come to Antioch, were speaking also to the Yevanim, darshenen the Besuras HaGeulah of Adoneinu Yehoshua. 21The hand of Adonoi was on them and a large number, having had emunah, turned to Moshiach Adoneinu. 22The report about them was heard in the ears of the Kehillah of Moshiach in Yerushalayim, and they sent out Bar-Nabba to go to Antioch; 23Who, having come, and having seen the Chen v'Chesed Hashem, rejoiced and was encouraging everyone with deveykus (devotion) to HaAdon to remain true to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu. 24For Bar-Nabba was a mentsh, a gavra, an ish tov full of the Ruach Hakodesh and of emunah. And a great multitude was added to Adoneinu. 25And Bar-Nabba left for Tarsus to look for Sha'ul, 26And, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire year, they met with Moshiachʼs Kehillah there, and taught a large multitude. And it was in Antioch that the talmidim were first called Ma'aminim HaMeshichiyim (Messianic Believers).
27Now in these yamim, nevi'im came down from Yerushalayim to Antioch. 28One of them, by name of Agav, having got up, indicated through the Ruach Hakodesh a great famine was about to come all over the world. And this famine actually occurred during the time of Claudius. 29Now the talmidim decided that according to their means, each of them would send support to the Achim b'Moshiach dwelling in Yehudah; 30Which also they did, having sent to the Ziknei HaKehillot by the hand of Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul.
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