Acts 11:1-18

Peter Reports at Jerusalem

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, ²those who were circumcised took issue with him,

3 saying, "³You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."

4 But Peter began speaking 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 object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me,

6 and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air.

7 "I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.'

8 "But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

9 "But a voice from heaven answered a second time, '⁷What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.'

10 "This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into 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 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 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 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 stand in God's way?"

18 When they heard this, they quieted down and ¹⁹glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the ²⁰repentance that leads to life."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 1:15
• 2. Acts 10:45
• 3. Matthew 9:11; Acts 10:28; Galatians 2:12
• 4. Luke 1:3
• 5. Acts 10:9-32; Acts 11:5-14
• 6. Acts 9:10
• 7. Acts 10:15
• 8. Acts 8:40
• 9. Acts 8:29
• 10. Acts 15:9; Romans 3:22
• 11. Acts 10:23
• 12. Acts 10:22
• 13. John 4:53; Acts 10:2; Acts 16:15, 31-34; Acts 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:16
• 14. Acts 10:44
• 15. Acts 2:4
• 16. Acts 1:5
• 17. Acts 10:45, 47
• 18. Acts 5:39
• 19. Matthew 9:8
• 20. 2 Corinthians 7:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "those of the circumcision;" i.e. Jewish Christians
• [b]. Or "entered the house of"
• [c]. Lit "and was explaining"
• [d]. Or "vessel"
• [e]. Or "heaven"
• [f]. Lit "and I saw"
• [g]. Or "reptiles"
• [h]. Or "heaven"
• [i]. Or "sacrifice"
• [j]. Or "profane;" lit "common"
• [k]. Lit "make common"
• [l]. Or "heaven"
• [m]. Or "without making any distinction"
• [n]. Or "after he had stood in his house and said"
• [o]. Or "in"
• [p]. Lit "prevent God"
• [q]. Lit "became silent"