[영어 성경] Acts Chapter 11

Ac. 11:1 The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that

the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Ac. 11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised

believers criticised him

Ac. 11:3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men

and ate with them.”

Ac. 11:4 Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it

had happened:

Ac. 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a

vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from

heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

Ac. 11:6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild

beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Ac. 11:7 Then I heard a voice telling me, `Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

Ac. 11:8 “I replied, `Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has

ever entered my mouth.’

Ac. 11:9 “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, `Do not call

anything impure that God has made clean.’

Ac. 11:10 This happened three times, and then it was pulled up to

heaven again.

Ac. 11:11 “Right then three men who had been sent to me from

Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

Ac. 11:12 The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with

them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered

the man’s house.

Ac. 11:13 He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and

say, `Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

Ac. 11:14 He will bring you a message through which you and all your

household will be saved.’

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Ac. 11:15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had

come on us at the beginning.

Ac. 11:16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: `John baptised

with [Or in] water, but you will be baptised with the Holy

Spirit.’

Ac. 11:17 So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who

believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I

could oppose God?”

Ac. 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and

praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the

Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Ac. 11:19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in

connection with Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus

and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.

Ac. 11:20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went

to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them

the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Ac. 11:21 The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of

people believed and turned to the Lord.

Ac. 11:22 News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and

they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Ac. 11:23 When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God,

he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the

Lord with all their hearts.

Ac. 11:24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a

great number of people were brought to the Lord.

Ac. 11:25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

Ac. 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a

whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and

taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called

Christians first at Antioch.

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Ac. 11:27 During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem

to Antioch.

Ac. 11:28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit

predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire

Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)

Ac. 11:29 The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to

provide help for the brothers living in Judea.

Ac. 11:30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and

Saul