Acts 11

1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

And the apostles and the brothers who are in Judea heard that the nations also received the word of God,

2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of circumcision were contending with him,

3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

4 But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

And Peter having begun, set [it] forth to them in order, saying,

5 I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of Heaven, and it came to me;

6 And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.

at which having looked steadfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky;

7 And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

and I said, Not so, Lord, because anything common or unclean has at no time entered into my mouth;

9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

and a voice answered me a second time out of Heaven, What God cleansed, you do not declare common.

10 And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

And this happened three times, and again was all drawn up to Heaven,

11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

and behold, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me,

12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

and the Spirit said to me to go with them, doubting nothing, and these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the house of the man,

13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

he also declared to us how he saw the messenger standing in his house, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

who will speak sayings by which you will be saved, you and all your house.

15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as also on us in the beginning,

16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

and I remembered the saying of the LORD, how He said, John indeed immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit;

17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

if then God gave to them the equal gift as also to us, having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, I—how was I able to withstand God?”

18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, “Then, indeed, God also gave conversion to life to the nations.”

19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through to Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

and there were certain of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking to the Hellenists, proclaiming good news—the Lord Jesus,

21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

and the hand of the LORD was with them, a great number also, having believed, turned to the LORD.

22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is] in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through to Antioch,

23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the LORD,

24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the LORD.

25 Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they assembled together a whole year in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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

And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,

28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, signified through the Spirit a great scarcity is about to be throughout all the world—which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar—

29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

and the disciples, according as anyone was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministry to the brothers dwelling in Judea,

30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

which also they did, having sent to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.