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Nowδὲthe apostlesοἱ ἀπόστολοιandκαὶthe brothersοἱ ἀδελφοὶwho wereοἱ ὄντεςthroughoutκατὰJudeaτὴν ἸουδαίανheardἬκουσανthatὅτιthe nationsτὰ ἔθνηalsoκαὶhad receivedἐδέξαντοthe wordτὸν λόγονof God.τοῦ θεοῦ
Acts 11:1
Study it in the app“Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the nations also had received the word of God.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 11:1, word by word
- the apostlesἀπόστολοιapostoloi
apostle
One of those Jesus chose and sent.
Where else “apostoloi” appears- the brothersἀδελφοὶadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- who wereὄντεςontes
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ontes” appears- JudeaἸουδαίανIoudaian
Judea
See it on the mapWhere else “Ioudaian” appears- heardἬκουσανĒkousan
hear of
To hear about something.
Where else “Ēkousan” appears- the nationsἔθνηethnē
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnē” appears- had receivedἐδέξαντοedexanto
welcome
To gladly take in someone or something.
Where else “edexanto” appears- the wordλόγονlogon
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
Places in this verse
Judea
Today: southern Israel and West Bank, Judean hills
The southern region of Israel, including Jerusalem; in Jesus' time it was a Roman province.
Jesus was born there, and John the Immerser preached there (Matt 2:1; 3:1). Jesus told his disciples to be witnesses in Judea (Acts 1:8).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,
To study Acts 11 in a group
1. What it says
When Peter is criticized in Jerusalem, how does he respond, and what do they do when they hear him? (vv. 2-18)
2. What it means
What does Barnabas do on arriving in Antioch, and what does he then do about Saul? (vv. 22-26)
3. How I live it
The disciples in Antioch sent help to the brothers in Judea who needed it (vv. 27-30). Whom far away could you help?