Acts 11:1
ContextNET © | Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted 1 the word of God. 2 |
NIV © | The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
NASB © | Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
NLT © | Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God. |
MSG © | The news traveled fast and in no time the leaders and friends back in Jerusalem heard about it--heard that the non-Jewish "outsiders" were now "in." |
BBE © | Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles. |
NRSV © | Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. |
NKJV © | Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. |
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NET © | Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted 1 the word of God. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn See BDAG 221 s.v. δέχομαι 5 for this translation of ἐδέξαντο (edexanto) here. 2 tn Here the phrase “word of God” is another way to describe the gospel (note the preceding verb ἐδέξαντο, edexanto, “accepted”). The phrase could also be translated “the word [message] from God.” |