Acts 11:18

And hearing these things, they remained silent, and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.” 1 Barnabas and Saul at Antioch

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

In Context

17If then God has given to them the same gift as He gave to us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

19Then those who were scattered because of the tribulation coming about over Stephen, went about as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only.

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Cross References

Acts 3:19Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Acts 5:31Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 13:47For so the Lord has commanded us: 1 ‘ I have set you to be a light of the nations, 1 that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.’ ”

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19

Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →

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