1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Acts 11

1 Peter, being accused for going in to the Gentiles, 5 maketh his defence, 18 which is accepted. 19 The Gospel being spread into Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, Barnabas is sent to confirm them. 26 The disciples there are first called Christians. 27 They send relief to the brethren in Judea in the time of famine.

 11:1 Now 1161 the apostles 652 and the brethren 80 who were throughout 2596 Judea 2453 heard 191 that the Gentiles 1484 also 2532 had received 1209 the word 3056 of God 2316.

 11:2 And when 3753 Peter 4074 came 305 up to Jerusalem 2419, those 3588 who were circumcised 4061 took 1252 issue 1252 with him,

 11:3 saying 3004, “You went 1525 to uncircumcised 203 men 435 and ate 4906 with them.”

 11:4 But Peter 4074 began 757 [speaking] and [proceeded] to explain 1620 to them in orderly 2517 sequence 2517, saying 3004,

 11:5 “I was in the city 4172 of Joppa 2445 praying 4336; and in a trance 1611 I saw 3708 a vision 3705, an object 4632 coming 2597 down 2597 like 5613 a great 3173 sheet 3607 lowered 2524 by four 5064 corners 746 from the sky 3772; and it came 2064 right 891 down to me,

 11:6 and when I had fixed 816 my gaze 816 on it and was observing 2657 it I saw 3708 the four-footed 5074 animals 5074 of the earth 1093 and the wild 2342 beasts 2342 and the crawling 2062 creatures 2062 and the birds 4071 of the air 3772.

 11:7 “I also 2532 heard 191 a voice 5456 saying 3004 to me, ‘Get 450 up, Peter 4074; kill 2380 and eat 2068.’

 11:8 “But I said 3004, ‘By no 3365 means 3365, Lord 2962, for nothing 3763 unholy 2839 or 2228 unclean 169 has ever 3763 entered 1525 my mouth 4750.’

 11:9 “But a voice 5456 from heaven 3772 answered 611 a second 1208 time 1208, ‘What 3739 God 2316 has cleansed 2511, no 3361 longer consider 2840 unholy 2839.’

 11:10 “This 3778 happened 1096 three 5151 times 5151, and everything 537a was drawn 385 back 3825 up into the sky 3772.

 11:11 “And behold 2400, at that moment 1824 three 5140 men 435 appeared 2186 at the house 3614 in which 3739 we were [staying], having been sent 649 to me from Caesarea 2542.

 11:12 “The Spirit 4151 told 3004 me to go 4905 with them without 3367 misgivings 1252. These 3778 six 1803 brethren 80 also 2532 went 2064 with me and we entered 1525 the man’s 435 house 3624.

 11:13 “And he reported 518 to us how 4459 he had seen 3708 the angel 32a standing 2476 in his house 3624, and saying 3004, ‘Send 649 to Joppa 2445 and have Simon 4613, who is also called 1941 Peter 4074, brought 3343 here 3343;

 11:14 and he will speak 2980 words 4487 to you by which 3739 you will be saved 4982, you and all 3956 your household 3624.’

 11:15 “And as I began 757 to speak 2980, the Holy 40 Spirit 4151 fell 1968 upon them just 5618 as [He did] upon us at the beginning 746.

 11:16 “And I remembered 3403 the word 4487 of the Lord 2962, how 5613 He used to say 3004, ‘John 2491 baptized 907 with water 5204, but you will be baptized 907 with the Holy 40 Spirit 4151.’

 11:17 “Therefore 3767 if 1487 God 2316 gave 1325 to them the same 2470 gift 1431 as [He gave] to us also 2532 after believing 4100 in the Lord 2962 Jesus 2424 Christ 5547, who 5101 was I that I could 1415 stand 2967 in God’s 2316 way 2967?”

 11:18 When they heard 191 this 3778, they quieted 2270 down 2270 and glorified 1392 God 2316, saying 3004, “Well 686 then 686, God 2316 has granted 1325 to the Gentiles 1484 also 2532 the repentance 3341 [that leads] to life 2222.”

 11:19 ¶ So 3767 then 3767 those 3588 who were scattered 1289 because 575 of the persecution 2347 that occurred 1096 in connection 1909 with Stephen 4736 made 1330 their way 1330 to Phoenicia 5403 and Cyprus 2954 and Antioch 490, speaking 2980 the word 3056 to no 3367 one 3367 except 1508 to Jews 2453 alone 3441.

 11:20 But there were some 5100 of them, men 435 of Cyprus 2953 and Cyrene 2956, who 3748 came 2064 to Antioch 490 and [began] speaking 2980 to the Greeks 1672 also 2532, preaching 2097 the Lord 2962 Jesus 2424.

 11:21 And the hand 5495 of the Lord 2962 was with them, and a large 4183 number 706 who believed 4100 turned 1994 to the Lord 2962.

 11:22 The news 3056 about 4012 them reached 191 the ears 3775 of the church 1577 at Jerusalem 2419, and they sent 1821 Barnabas 921 off 1821 to Antioch 490.

 11:23 Then when he arrived 3854 and witnessed 3708 the grace 5485 of God 2316, he rejoiced 5463 and [began] to encourage 3870 them all 3956 with resolute 4286 heart 2588 to remain 4357 [true] to the Lord 2962;

 11:24 for he was a good 18 man 435, and full 4134 of the Holy 40 Spirit 4151 and of faith 4102. And considerable 2425 numbers 3793 were brought 4369 to the Lord 2962.

 11:25 And he left 1831 for Tarsus 5019 to look 327 for Saul 4569;

 11:26 and when he had found 2147 him, he brought 71 him to Antioch 490. And for an entire 3650 year 1763 they met 4863 with the church 1577 and taught 1321 considerable 2425 numbers 3793; and the disciples 3101 were first 4416b called 5537 Christians 5546 in Antioch 490.

 11:27 ¶ Now 1161 at this 3778 time 2250 some prophets 4396 came 2718 down 2718 from Jerusalem 2414 to Antioch 490.

 11:28 One 1520 of them named 3686 Agabus 13 stood 450 up and [began] to indicate 4591 by the Spirit 4151 that there would 3195 certainly 3195 be a great 3173 famine 3042 all 3650 over 1909 the world 3625. And this 3748 took 1096 place 1096 in the [reign] of Claudius 2804.

 11:29 And in the proportion 2531a that any 5100 of the disciples 3101 had 2141 means 2141, each 1538 of them determined 3724 to send 3992 [a contribution] for the relief 1248 of the brethren 80 living 2730 in Judea 2453.

 11:30 And this 3739 they did 4160, sending 649 it in charge 1223 5495 of Barnabas 921 and Saul 4569 to the elders 4245.