Acts 11:12
in Acts 11The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren also accompanied me; and we entered into the man’s house:
KJV
And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:
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This verse in Acts 11
Commentary
10 notes on this verseHe could have said nothing that would have revealed his humility more than his appeal to the testimony of the brethren. He does not speak of what the Angel said to Cornelius: "your prayers and your alms" (Acts 10:14), nor does he recount the righteousness …
This site's exposition
three men sent to me
on Acts 11:11-14
Just then three men sent from Caesarea stopped at the house where Peter was staying, the vision's meaning arriving in the same hour. Six brothers went with him, witnesses Peter now needs before the church.
This site's exposition
The Spirit told me to accompany them
The phrase without hesitation renders a verb from the same root as took issue in verse 2. The Spirit told Peter to go making no distinction, while his critics made one. At 15:9 Peter says God made no distinction either.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
Peter showed in his defense that he had by no means been the cause, but God everywhere. For he said, he himself set me in the excess of mind, he himself pointed out the sheet, and I indeed even contradicted; again the same he himself …
"And, behold - this too was part of his defence - three men stood at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea. And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting." Do you mark that it is to the Spirit the enacting of laws belongs! "And these also accompanied me" - nothing can be more lowly, when he alleges the brethren for witnesses! - "these six men, and we entered into the man's house."
"And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting." Do you mark that it is to the Spirit the enacting of laws belongs!
The Medieval Church1 voice
But these six brothers also came with me. Beautifully, the testimony of the seven-fold number of brothers is the outpouring of the sevenfold grace of the Holy Spirit. Elsewhere. Because the world was formed in six days, the works are shown to be complete by …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He did not act separately, but with advice; not rashly, but upon due deliberation. (4.) That Cornelius had a vision too, by which he was directed to send for Peter (
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2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
These six brethren - Probably pointing to them, being present, as proper persons to confirm the truth of what he was delivering.
The words behind it
25 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἶπεν | eipen | Told | G2036 → | 925 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πνεῦμά | pneuma | Spirit | G4151 → | 378 times |
| μοι | moi | to me | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| συνελθεῖν | sunelthein | to go with | G4905 → | 30 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| μηδὲν | meden | not | G3367 → | 90 times |
| διακρίναντα. | diakrinanta | having discriminated. | G1252 → | 19 times |
| ἦλθον | elthon | Went | G2064 → | 628 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| σὺν | sun | with | G4862 → | 128 times |
| ἐμοὶ | emoi | me myself | G1473 → | 839 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οἱ | hoi | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἓξ | hex | six | G1803 → | 13 times |
| ἀδελφοὶ | adelphoi | brothers | G80 → | 343 times |
| οὗτοι, | houtoi | these, | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| εἰσήλθομεν | eiselthomen | we entered | G1525 → | 194 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| οἶκον | oikon | house | G3624 → | 112 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀνδρός. | andros | man. | G435 → | 216 times |
εἶπενTold
eipenG2036 →925 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
πνεῦμάSpirit
pneumaG4151 →378 times
μοιto me
moiG3165 →1936 times
συνελθεῖνto go with
suneltheinG4905 →30 times
αὐτοῖςthem
autoisG846 →5565 times
μηδὲνnot
medenG3367 →90 times
διακρίναντα.having discriminated.
diakrinantaG1252 →19 times
ἦλθονWent
elthonG2064 →628 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
σὺνwith
sunG4862 →128 times
ἐμοὶme myself
emoiG1473 →839 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οἱ<the>
hoiG3588 →19766 times
ἓξsix
hexG1803 →13 times
ἀδελφοὶbrothers
adelphoiG80 →343 times
οὗτοι,these,
houtoiG3778 →1381 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
εἰσήλθομενwe entered
eiselthomenG1525 →194 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
οἶκονhouse
oikonG3624 →112 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
ἀνδρός.man.
androsG435 →216 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
it leads to
- Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
- Romans 5:1–11
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 10:12
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:2not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
it leads to
- 1 John 4:1–2
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Mark 13:7
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- Matthew 24:4–6
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- 1 John 4:1–2
Where this verse is studied
About Acts

This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Bede, Commentary on Acts; J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 24; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts; R. J. Knowling, The Acts of the Apostles, Expositor's Greek Testament and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.
