Acts 11:12

12 The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 11:12 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
English Standard Version (ESV)
12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house.
New Living Translation (NLT)
12 The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry that they were Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon entered the home of the man who had sent for us.
The Message Bible (MSG)
12 The Spirit told me to go with them, no questions asked. So I went with them, I and six friends, to the man who had sent for me.
American Standard Version (ASV)
12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren also accompanied me; and we entered into the man's house:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
12 The Spirit told me to go with them without any hesitation. Six believers [from Joppa] went with me, and we visited Cornelius' home.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
12 Then the Spirit told me to go with them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man's house.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
12 The Holy Spirit told me not to let anything keep me from going with them. These six brothers here went with me. We entered the man's house.

Acts 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:12

And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting
(See Gill on Acts 10:20),

moreover, these six brethren accompanied me;
it seems by this, that the six brethren that went along with Peter from Joppa to Caesarea, came also with him from thence to Jerusalem, and were now present, whom he points to; so that it looks as if Peter was aware, that he should be called to an account for his conduct, when he should come to Jerusalem; and therefore brought these six brethren with him, to be witnesses for him, of what they had seen and heard, which was a very wise and prudential step:

and we entered into the man's house;
the house of Cornelius, for entering into whose house they were contending with him, and where he entered not alone, but the six brethren with him; the Ethiopic version wrongly reads "three".

Acts 11:12 In-Context

10 This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
11 “Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
12 The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
13 He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
14 He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Acts 8:29
  • 2. Acts 15:9; Romans 3:22
  • 3. ver 1,29; S Acts 1:16
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