Acts 11

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

Now the apostles and the brothers that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God;

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

so, when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party disputed with him,

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

saying, "You went into the houses of the uncircumcised and ate with them!"

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

Then Peter began and explained the whole matter to them in order, saying.

5 “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;

"I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and while in a trance I saw a vision; a certain vessel descending, what seemed to be an enormous sail let down to me,

6 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;

and while I gazed at it, I examined it carefully, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and creeping things and the wild birds.

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

I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat.’

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

"‘Not so, my Lord’ said I, ‘for nothing common or unclean has ever gone into my mouth.’

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

"But for the second time a voice spoke from the sky, ‘What God has cleansed, you must not call common.’

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

"This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again into the sky.

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

"And lo! at that very moment, three men who had been sent for me from Caesarea stood before the house in which I was.

12 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,

"And the Spirit bade me accompany them without misgiving. There also accompanied me these six brothers, and we went into the man’s house.

13 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,

"Then he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying. "‘Send to Joppa and fetch Simon who is also called Peter.

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

"‘He will speak words to you by which you and all your family will be saved.’

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

"And," said Peter, "as soon as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as he fell upon us at the beginning.

16 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;

"Then I remembered the words of the Lord, how he used to say, "John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’

17 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?”

"So if God gave them the same gift as he gave to us, when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?"

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

On hearing this they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Forsooth then, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."

19 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;

Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch; but they preached the word to none except Jews.

20 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,

Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.

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

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

22 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,

When news of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.

23 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,

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

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

for he was a good man, and full of faith and the Holy Spirit. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

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

Then Barnabas visited Tarsus, to try to find Saul,

26 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.

and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."

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

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 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—

One of them, who was Agabus, rose up, and being instructed by the Spirit, predicted that a great famine was about to come upon the whole inhabited earth. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)

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

So the disciples decided to send relief, every man according to his means, to the brothers in Judea.

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

This they did, forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.