Acts 11:1
Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
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In Context
2And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler`s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Psalms 96:1Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.
Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
Isaiah 42:1Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 49:6yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah 60:3And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:1
In this chapter we have, I. Peter's necessary vindication of what he did in receiving Cornelius and his friends into the church, from the censure he lay under for it among the brethren, and their acquiescence in it, ver. 1-18 . II. The good success of the gospel at Antioch, and the parts adjacent, ver. 19-21 . III. The carrying on of the good work that was begun at Antioch, by the ministry of Barnabas first, and afterwards of Paul in conjunction with him, and the lasting name of Christian first given to the… Read the whole commentary →