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Acts 11:10-12
New English Translation
Acts 11:10-12
New English Translation
10 This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again. 11 At that very moment,[a] three men sent to me from Caesarea[b] approached[c] the house where we were staying.[d] 12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers[e] also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
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- Acts 11:11 tn Grk “And behold.”
- Acts 11:11 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
- Acts 11:11 tn See BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1 for this meaning for ἐπέστησαν (epestēsan) here.
- Acts 11:11 tn The word “staying” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
- Acts 11:12 sn Six witnesses is three times more than what would normally be required. They could confirm the events were not misrepresented by Peter.
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