{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:44:05.901Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Acts","bookSlug":"acts","chapter":11,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"saying — 'Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"'And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"'And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?'"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news — the Lord Jesus,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that is in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar — "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul."}],"citation":{"inline":"Acts 11 (YLT)","markdown":"[Acts 11](https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/11 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}