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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now the apostles and 1the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
  2. And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, [a]2those who were circumcised took issue with him,
  3. saying, “3You [b]went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
  4. But Peter began speaking [c]and proceeded to explain to them 4in orderly sequence, saying,
  5. “5I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw 6a vision, an [d]object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from [e]the sky; and it came right down to me,
  6. and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it [f]I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the [g]crawling creatures and the birds of the [h]air.
  7. I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; [i]kill and eat.’
  8. But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing [j]unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
  9. But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘7What God has cleansed, no longer [k]consider unholy.’
  10. This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into [l]the sky.
  11. And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from 8Caesarea.
  12. 9The Spirit told me to go with them [m]10without misgivings. 11These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house.
  13. And he reported to us how he had seen the angel [n]standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here;
  14. and he will speak 12words to you by which you will be saved, you and 13all your household.’
  15. And as I began to speak, 14the Holy Spirit fell upon them just 15as He did upon us at the beginning.
  16. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘16John baptized with water, but you will be baptized [o]with the Holy Spirit.’
  17. Therefore if 17God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, 18who was I that I could [p]stand in God’s way?”
  18. When they heard this, they [q]quieted down and 19glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the 20repentance that leads to life.”
  19. 21So then those who were scattered because of the [r]persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way [s]to 22Phoenicia and 23Cyprus and 24Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.
  20. But there were some of them, men of 25Cyprus and 26Cyrene, who came to 27Antioch and began speaking to the [t]28Greeks also, [u]29preaching the Lord Jesus.
  21. And 30the hand of the Lord was with them, and 31a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
  22. The [v]news about them [w]reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent 32Barnabas off [x]to 33Antioch.
  23. Then when he arrived and [y]witnessed 34the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with [z]resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;
  24. for he was a good man, and 35full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And 36considerable [aa]numbers were [ab]brought to the Lord.
  25. And he left for 37Tarsus to look for Saul;
  26. and when he had found him, he brought him to 38Antioch. And for an entire year they [ac]met with the church and taught considerable [ad]numbers; and 39the disciples were first called 40Christians in 41Antioch.
  27. ¶ Now [ae]at this time 42some prophets came down from Jerusalem to 43Antioch.
  28. One of them named 44Agabus stood up and began to indicate [af]by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine 45all over the [ag]world. [ah]And this took place in the reign of 46Claudius.
  29. And in the proportion that any of 47the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the [ai]relief of 48the brethren living in Judea.
  30. 49And this they did, sending it [aj]in charge of 50Barnabas and Saul to the 51elders.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit those of the circumcision; i.e. Jewish Christians
  2. ^ Or entered the house of
  3. ^ Lit and was explaining
  4. ^ Or vessel
  5. ^ Or heaven
  6. ^ Lit and I saw
  7. ^ Or reptiles
  8. ^ Or heaven
  9. ^ Or sacrifice
  10. ^ Or profane; lit common
  11. ^ Lit make common
  12. ^ Or heaven
  13. ^ Or without making any distinction
  14. ^ Or after he had stood in his house and said
  15. ^ Or in
  16. ^ Lit prevent God
  17. ^ Lit became silent
  18. ^ Lit tribulation
  19. ^ Lit as far as
  20. ^ Lit Hellenists; people who lived by Greek customs and culture
  21. ^ Or bringing the good news of
  22. ^ Lit word
  23. ^ Lit was heard in
  24. ^ Lit as far as
  25. ^ Lit saw
  26. ^ Lit purpose of heart
  27. ^ Lit crowd was
  28. ^ Lit added
  29. ^ Or were gathered together
  30. ^ Lit crowd
  31. ^ Lit in these days
  32. ^ Or through
  33. ^ Lit inhabited earth
  34. ^ Lit which
  35. ^ Lit service
  36. ^ Lit by the hand of

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 1:15
  2. ^ Ac 10:45
  3. ^ Mt 9:11; Ac 10:28; Ga 2:12
  4. ^ Lu 1:3
  5. ^ Ac 10:9-32; 11:5-14
  6. ^ Ac 9:10
  7. ^ Ac 10:15
  8. ^ Ac 8:40
  9. ^ Ac 8:29
  10. ^ Ac 15:9; Ro 3:22
  11. ^ Ac 10:23
  12. ^ Ac 10:22
  13. ^ Jn 4:53; Ac 10:2; 16:15, 31-34; 18:8; 1Co 1:16
  14. ^ Ac 10:44
  15. ^ Ac 2:4
  16. ^ Ac 1:5
  17. ^ Ac 10:45, 47
  18. ^ Ac 5:39
  19. ^ Mt 9:8
  20. ^ 2Co 7:10
  21. ^ Ac 8:1, 4
  22. ^ Ac 15:3; 21:2
  23. ^ Ac 4:36
  24. ^ Ac 6:5; 11:20, 22, 27; 13:1; 14:26; 15:22f, 30, 35; 18:22; Ga 2:11
  25. ^ Ac 4:36
  26. ^ Mt 27:32; Ac 2:10; 6:9; 13:1
  27. ^ Ac 6:5; 11:19, 22, 27; 13:1; 14:26; 15:22f, 30, 35; 18:22; Ga 2:11
  28. ^ Jn 7:35; Ac 6:1
  29. ^ Ac 5:42
  30. ^ Lu 1:66
  31. ^ Ac 2:47
  32. ^ Ac 4:36
  33. ^ Ac 6:5; 11:19, 20, 27; 13:1; 18:22; Ga 2:11
  34. ^ Ac 13:43; 14:26; 15:40; 20:24, 32
  35. ^ Ac 2:4
  36. ^ Ac 2:47; 5:14; 11:21
  37. ^ Ac 9:11
  38. ^ Ac 6:5; 11:20, 22, 27
  39. ^ Jn 2:2; Ac 1:15
  40. ^ Ac 26:28; 1Pe 4:16
  41. ^ Ac 6:5; 11:20, 22, 27
  42. ^ Lu 11:49; Ac 2:17; 13:1; 1Co 12:10, 28f
  43. ^ Ac 6:5; 11:20, 22, 26; 13:1; 14:26; 15:22f, 30, 35; 18:22; Ga 2:11
  44. ^ Ac 21:10
  45. ^ Mt 24:14
  46. ^ Ac 18:2
  47. ^ Jn 2:2; Ac 1:15; 6:1f; 9:19, 25, 26, 38; 11:26; 13:52; 14:20, 22, 28
  48. ^ Ac 11:1
  49. ^ Ac 12:25
  50. ^ Ac 4:36
  51. ^ Ac 14:23; 15:2, 4, 6, 22f; 16:4; 20:17; 21:18; 1Ti 5:17, 19; Ti 1:5; Jm 5:14; 1Pe 5:1; 2Jo 1; 3Jo 1

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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