Acts 11:1-18

Revised Geneva Translation

11 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

² And when Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision examined him,

³ saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and have eaten with them.”

⁴ Then Peter began expounding it in order to them, saying,

⁵ “I was in the city of Joppa, praying. And while in a trance, I saw this vision: a certain vessel, coming down as a great sheet, let down from Heaven by the four corners. And it came to me.

⁶ “When I had fastened my eyes on it, I considered, and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the heaven.

⁷ “Also I heard a voice, saying to me, ‘Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.’

⁸ “And I said, ‘Absolutely not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹ “But the voice answered me a second time from the sky, ‘The things that God has purified, do not make common.’

¹⁰ “And this was done three times, and all were taken up again into the sky.

¹¹ “Then behold, immediately there were three men who had already come to the house where I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

¹² “And the Spirit said to me that I should go with them, without doubting. Moreover, these six brothers came with me. And we entered into the man’s house.

¹³ “And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

¹⁴ ‘He shall speak words to you, whereby both you and all your house shall be saved.’

¹⁵ “And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, just as upon us at the beginning.

¹⁶ “Then I remembered the word of the Lord. How He said, ‘John baptized with water. But you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.’

¹⁷ “If, then, God gave them a similar gift to the one He gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?”

¹⁸ When they heard these things, they kept silent, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted repentance unto life to the Gentiles.”