1 News came to the apostles and the brothers and sisters in Judea that even foreigners had received the Word of God.
2 So, when Peter went up to Jerusalem, these Jewish believers began to argue with him,
3 "You went to the home of uncircumcised people and ate with them!"
4 So Peter began to give them the facts as they had happened,
5 "I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when, in a trance, I saw a vision. Something like a large sheet came down from the sky and drew near to me, landing on the ground by its four corners.
6 As I stared at it, I saw four-legged creatures of the earth, wild beasts and reptiles, and birds of the sky.
7 Then I heard a voice saying to me: 'Get up, Peter, kill and eat!'
8 I replied, 'Certainly not, Lord! No common or unclean creature has ever entered my mouth.'
9 A second time the voice from the heavens spoke, "What God has made clean, you must not call unclean."
10 This happened three times, and then it was all drawn up into the sky.
11 At that moment three men, who had been sent to me from Caesarea, arrived at the house where we were staying.
12 The Spirit instructed me to go with them without hesitation; so these six brothers came along with me and we entered into the man's house.
13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and telling him: Send someone to Joppa and fetch Simon, also known as Peter.
14 He will bring you a message by which you and all your household will be saved."
15 I had begun to address them when suddenly the Holy Spirit came upon them, just as it had come upon us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
17 If, then, God had given them the same gift that he had given us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to resist God?"
18 When they heard this they set their minds at rest and praised God saying, "Then God has granted life-giving repentance to the pagan nations as well."
19 Those who had been scattered because of the persecution over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message, but only to the Jews.
20 But there were some natives of Cyprus and Cyrene among them who, on coming into Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, giving them the good news of the Lord Jesus.
21 The hand of the Lord was with them so that a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22 News of this reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, so they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
23 When he arrived and saw the manifest signs of God's favor, he rejoiced and urged them all to remain firmly faithful to the Lord;
24 for he himself was a good man filled with Holy Spirit and faith. Thus large crowds came to know the Lord.
25 Then Barnabas went off to Tarsus to look for Saul
26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they had meetings with the Church and instructed many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
27 At that time some prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch
28 and one of them, named Agabus, inspired by the Holy Spirit, foretold that a great famine would spread over the whole world. This actually happened in the days of the Emperor Claudius.
29 So the disciples decided, within their means, to set something aside and to send relief to the brothers and sisters who were living in Judea.
30 They did this and sent their donations to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
Versículos relacionados com Acts, 11:
Acts of Apostles 11 reports the apostles and brothers' response in Jerusalem after hearing the news that Peter had preached to the Gentiles and that they had received the Holy Spirit. Peter then explains how he received the vision of God and was oriented not to call unclean what God had purified. From this he and the other apostles also preached to the Gentiles. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Acts of Apostles 11:
Romans 2:28-29: "For it is not Jewish who is only outwardly, nor is circumcision to which is only in the flesh. On the contrary, Jewish is the one who is inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, fulfilled by the Spirit, and not by the letter of the law. This person receives the praise not from men, but of God. " The theme of circumcision is discussed in Acts of the Apostles 11 when Peter is criticized for having entered the house of a uncircumcised Gentile. This verse shows that true circumcision is that of the heart, performed by the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:14-15: "For he is our peace, who made one of both and destroyed the barrier, the enmity wall, nullifying in his body the law of commandments expressed in ordinances. His goal was to create in himself Even, of both, a new man, making peace. " This verse talks about the destruction of the barrier that existed between Jews and Gentiles, something that is discussed in Acts of Apostles 11, when Peter preaches to the Gentiles and is criticized by the Jews.
Galatians 3:28: "There is no Jewish or Greek, slave or free, man or woman, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." This verse also talks about the unity between Jews and Gentiles, a theme that is discussed in Acts of Apostles 11.
Colossians 3:11: "There is no Greek or Jewish, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbaric neither quotes, slave nor free, but Christ is everything and is in all." Like the previous verses, this one talks about the unity between Jews and Gentiles, something that is discussed in Acts of Apostles 11.
1 Peter 4:3: "Because you have already spent enough time doing what pleases the pagans, living on liberation, lust, drunkenness and detestable orgies." This verse addresses the idea that Gentiles lived in sin before they know the truth of Christ, something that is relevant to the context of Acts of the Apostles 11, where Peter preaches to the Gentiles and they are transformed by the Holy Spirit.
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