Through My Bible Yr 03 – June 09
Acts 11:1-18
Acts 11
Peter Defends His Actions
1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2Ā When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who insisted on circumcision criticized him, 3Ā saying, āYou went to visit men who were uncircumcised and ate with them!ā
4Ā So Peter began to explain everything to them, point by point. He said, 5Ā āI was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision in which an object like a large sheet was let down from heaven by its four corners. It came right to me. 6Ā When I inspected it very carefully, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7Ā I also heard a voice telling me, āGet up, Peter! Kill and eat!ā
8Ā āBut I replied, āCertainly not, Lord, for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.ā
9Ā āA voice spoke from heaven a second time: āWhat God has made clean, you must not continue to call unclean.ā 10Ā This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up into heaven again.
11Ā āAt that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were. 12Ā The Spirit told me to go with them without any hesitation. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the manās house. 13Ā He told us how he saw an angel standing in his house and saying, āSend to Joppa and call for Simon, the one called Peter. 14Ā He will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.ā
15Ā āAs I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as he came down on us at the beginning. 16Ā Then I remembered how the Lord had said, āJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.ā [1] 17Ā So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to try to stand in Godās way?ā
18Ā When they heard these things, they had no further objections, and they praised God, saying, āSo then, God has granted repentance that results in life also to the Gentiles!ā
Footnotes
- Acts 11:16 Acts 1:5
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