Acts 11
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.jpg) Acts 15:22-24 in Latin (left column) and Greek (right column) in Codex Laudianus, written about AD 550. | |
| Book | Acts of the Apostles |
| Category | Church history |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 5 |
Acts 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records that Saint Peter defends his visit to Cornelius in Caesarea and retells his vision prior to the meeting as well as the pouring of Holy Spirit during the meeting.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[2]
Text
The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 30 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- Papyrus 127 (5th century; extant: verses 2-5, 30)
- Codex Laudianus (ca. AD 550)
Location
This chapter mentions the following places:
Structure
This chapter can be grouped:
- Acts 11:1–18 = Peter Defends God’s Grace
- Acts 11:19–26 = Barnabas and Saul at Antioch
- Acts 11:27–30 = Relief to Judea
Verse 17
- [Simon Peter said to the assembly:] “If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”[3]
Verse 18
- When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”[4]
Verse 26
- [The man in Cornelius's vision said:] And when he (Barnabas) had found him (Saul or Paul of Tarsus), he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people.
- And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.[5]
See also
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References
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ Acts 11:17
- ^ Acts 11:18
- ^ Acts 11:26