Acts 11:4

4 Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

Acts 11:4 in Other Translations

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,

4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order:

4 Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.

4 So Peter, starting from the beginning, laid it out for them step-by-step:

4 But Peter began, and expounded [the matter] unto them in order, saying,

4 Then Peter began to explain to them point by point what had happened. He said,

4 Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:

4 Peter explained everything to them. He told them exactly what had happened.

Acts 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:4

But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning
Of the vision at Joppa;

and expounded it by order unto them;
or related every particular, in a very methodical and orderly manner: he did not insist upon his authority as an apostle, and much less pretended to a primacy to the rest of the apostles; but submitted to have his case heard, examined, and judged of by the body of the brethren.

Acts 11:4 In-Context

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him

3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

4 Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.