Acts 11:1-18

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Back In Jerusalem, Peter Explains How God Gave The Identical Gift To The Gentiles

11 Now the apostles and the brothers being throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also accepted the word of God. ² But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the ones of the circumcision were disputing with him, ³ saying that “You went in to men having uncircumcision, and you ate with them”. ⁴ But having begun, Peter was explaining it to them in-order, saying, ⁵ “I was in the city of Joppa praying. And in a trance, I saw a vision— a certain object like a large sheet coming down, being let down by four corners from heaven. And it came to me, ⁶ into which having looked-intently, I was observing. And I saw the four-footed-animals of the earth, and the wild-beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the heaven. ⁷ And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Having arisen, Peter, slaughter and eat!’ ⁸ But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, because a defiled or unclean thing never entered into my mouth’. ⁹ But a voice responded for a second time from heaven, ‘The things which God made-clean, don’t you be making-defiled’. ¹⁰ And this took place three times, and everything was pulled-up again into heaven. ¹¹ And behold— three men immediately stood at the house in which we were staying, having been sent forth from Caesarea to me. ¹² And the Spirit told me to go-with them, having made no distinction. And these six brothers also went with me. And we entered into the house of the man. ¹³ And he reported to us how he saw the angel having stood in his house, and having said, ‘Send-forth to Joppa, and send-for Simon, the one being called Peter, ¹⁴ who will speak words to you by which you will be saved— you and all your household’. ¹⁵ And at my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as also upon us at the beginning. ¹⁶ And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He was saying, ‘John baptized with water— but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit!’ ¹⁷ Therefore if God gave the identical gift to them as also to us— [we both] having put faith upon the Lord Jesus Christ— who was I to be able to forbid God?” ¹⁸ And having heard these things, they were quiet. And they glorified God, saying, “Then God granted the repentance leading-to life to the Gentiles also!”