Acts 11:4

So Peter began to explain exactly what had happened concerning Cornelius.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,

In Context

3They said to him, “Not only was it wrong for you(sg) to visit non-Jewish people, you even ate with them!”

5He said, “I was praying by myself in Joppa town, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw that something like a large sheet was being lowered from heaven. It was tied with ropes at its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them; but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry.

Acts 14:27When they arrived in Antioch, they called the believers together. Then Paul and Barnabas told them all that God had helped them to do. Specifically, they told them how God had enabled [IDM] many non-Jewish people to believe in Jesus.

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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