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Acts 11 — Sermon Preparation
Peter defends the Gentile mission before the Jerusalem church, and a thriving new congregation takes root in Antioch. Below is a research summary for Acts 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 30
- verses
- 527 / 204
- Greek words / lemmas
- 21
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Acts 11 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀντιόχεια | Antiócheia | G490 | 6 | Antioch |
| ἀνήρ | anḗr | G435 | 5 | fellow, husband, man, sir |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 5 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
| Πέτρος | Pétros | G4074 | 4 | Peter, rock |
| οὐρανός | ouranós | G3772 | 4 | air, heaven, sky |
| λαλέω | laléō | G2980 | 4 | preach, say, speak, talk |
| οἶκος | oîkos | G3624 | 3 | home, house, temple |
How preachers through history handled this text
21 public-domain excerpts on Acts 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The imperfect state of human nature strongly appears, when godly persons are displeased even to hear that the word of God has been received, because their own system has not been attended to. And we are too apt to despair of doing good to those who yet, when tried, prove very teachable. It is the bane and damage of the church, to shut out those from it, and from the benefit of the means of grace, who are not in every thing as we are. Peter stated the whole affair. We should at all times bear with the infirmities of our brethren; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 11:1–18 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Judea 1— Acts 11:1
- Caesarea— Acts 11:11
- Joppa— Acts 11:13
- Antioch 1— Acts 11:19
- Cyprus— Acts 11:19
- Phoenicia— Acts 11:19
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