Acts 11:1

And the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Achim b'Moshiach, the ones throughout Yehudah, heard that also the non-Jews received the dvar Hashem.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

In Context

2But when Kefa went up to Yerushalayim, those of the faction of the Bris Milah were taking issue with him,

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, 1 nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, 1 until Shiloh come; 1 and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations). 1

Psalms 96:1O sing unto Hashem a shir chadash; 1 sing unto Hashem, kol ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 32:15Until the Ruach + 32:15 Hakodesh be poured 1 upon us from on high, 1 and the midbar become a carmel (fruitful field), 1 and the carmel become a ya'ar (forest). 1

Isaiah 42:1Here is Avdi, + 42:1 Moshiach, see Zech 3:8; Isa 52:13 whom I uphold; 1 Mine Bechir (Elect One, Chosen One), in whom My nefesh delighteth; 1 I have put My Ruach + 42:1 Hakodesh upon Him; 1 He + 42:1 Moshiach shall bring forth mishpat to the Goyim. 1

Isaiah 49:6And He said: 1 It is too small a thing that Thou shouldest be Eved to Me 1 to raise up the Shivtei Ya'akov, 1 and to bring back the Netzurei Yisroel (Preserved of Israel, the She'erit); 1 I will also give Thee for Ohr Goyim, 1 that Thou mayest be My Yeshu'ah (Salvation) unto the ketzeh ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 60:3And the Goyim shall walk by thy ohr, 1 and melachim by the brightness of thy shining. 1

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 →

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