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Monday, May 6th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Acts 11:1-18
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Acts 11:1
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Peter Explains His Actions
The apostles and the believers(a) throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.(b)Footnotes:
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Acts 11:2
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers(c) criticized him
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Acts 11:3
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and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them."(d)
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Acts 11:4
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Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:
Acts 11:5
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision.(e) I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
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Acts 11:6
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I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.
Acts 11:7
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Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.'
Acts 11:8
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"I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
Acts 11:9
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"The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'(f)
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Acts 11:10
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This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
Acts 11:11
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"Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea(g) stopped at the house where I was staying.
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Acts 11:12
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The Spirit told(h) me to have no hesitation about going with them.(i) These six brothers(j) also went with me, and we entered the man's house.
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Acts 11:13
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He told us how he had seen an angel(k) appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
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Acts 11:14
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He will bring you a message(l) through which you and all your household(m) will be saved.'
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Acts 11:15
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"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on(n) them as he had come on us at the beginning.(o)
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Acts 11:16
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Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with[a] water,(p) but you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.'(q)
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Acts 11:17
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So if God gave them the same gift(r) he gave us(s) who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God's way?"
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Acts 11:18
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When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life."(t)
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