Acts 11

Question 1

Acts 11:1

Answer 1

The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Question 2

Acts 11:2

Answer 2

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him

Question 3

Acts 11:3

Answer 3

and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

Question 4

Acts 11:4

Answer 4

Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened:

Question 5

Acts 11:5

Answer 5

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

Question 6

Acts 11:6

Answer 6

I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Question 7

Acts 11:7

Answer 7

Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

Question 8

Acts 11:8

Answer 8

“I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Question 9

Acts 11:9

Answer 9

“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

Question 10

Acts 11:10

Answer 10

This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.

Question 11

Acts 11:11

Answer 11

“Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

Question 12

Acts 11:12

Answer 12

The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

Question 13

Acts 11:13

Answer 13

He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

Question 14

Acts 11:14

Answer 14

He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’

Question 15

Acts 11:15

Answer 15

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.

Question 16

Acts 11:16

Answer 16

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized withwater, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Question 17

Acts 11:17

Answer 17

So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?”

Question 18

Acts 11:18

Answer 18

When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Question 19

Acts 11:19

Answer 19

Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.

Question 20

Acts 11:20

Answer 20

Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Question 21

Acts 11:21

Answer 21

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Question 22

Acts 11:22

Answer 22

News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Question 23

Acts 11:23

Answer 23

When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.

Question 24

Acts 11:24

Answer 24

He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

Question 25

Acts 11:25

Answer 25

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

Question 26

Acts 11:26

Answer 26

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

Question 27

Acts 11:27

Answer 27

During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Question 28

Acts 11:28

Answer 28

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)

Question 29

Acts 11:29

Answer 29

The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea.

Question 30

Acts 11:30

Answer 30

This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.