Acts 11:1

Now the Apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judaea heard that, the nations also, had welcomed the word of God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2And, when Peter came up unto Jerusalem, they of the circumcision began to find fault with him,

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,—Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:

Psalms 96:1Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, Sing to Yahweh, all the earth;

Isaiah 32:15Until there be poured out upon us the spirit, from on high,—Then shall the wilderness become, garden-land, And the garden-land, for a forest, be reckoned;

Isaiah 42:1Lo! my Servant, I will uphold him, My chosen, well-pleased is my soul,—I have put my spirit upon him, Justice—to the nations, will he bring forth:

Isaiah 49:6Yea he said—It is too small a thing, for being my Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore,—So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as the end of the earth.

Isaiah 60:3So shall nations come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy dawning.

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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