Acts 11:1
The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
- KJV
- And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
- WEB
- Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
- ASV
- Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
- DARBY
- And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
- BLB
- Now the apostles and the brothers being in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
- ÅB
- Apostlene og de brødre som var omkring i Judea, fikk da høre at også hedningene hadde tatt imot Guds ord.
- OTB
- Apostlene og brødrene og søstrene i hele Judea hørte at hedningene også hadde mottatt Guds ord.
- B1930
- Apostlene og de brødre som var omkring i Judea, fikk da høre at også hedningene hadde tatt imot Guds ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
Read in contextMalachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextRomans 15:7–12
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:15
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
Read in contextActs 14:27
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:6
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Read in contextZechariah 8:20–23
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
Read in contextGalatians 1:17–22
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
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