Acts 11:15
New International Version
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.

New Living Translation
“As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.

English Standard Version
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.

Berean Standard Bible
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

Berean Literal Bible
And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning.

King James Bible
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

New King James Version
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.

New American Standard Bible
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.

NASB 1995
“And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.

NASB 1977
“And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He did upon us at the beginning.

Legacy Standard Bible
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.

Amplified Bible
When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as He did on us at the beginning [at Pentecost].

Christian Standard Bible
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

American Standard Version
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as I was continuing to speak there, The Spirit of Holiness rested upon them as when upon us from the first.”

Contemporary English Version
After I started speaking, the Holy Spirit was given to them, just as the Spirit had been given to us at the beginning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning.

English Revised Version
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came to these people. This was the same thing that happened to us in the beginning.

Good News Translation
And when I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them just as on us at the beginning.

International Standard Version
"When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he was first given to us.

Literal Standard Version
And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as also on us in the beginning,

Majority Standard Bible
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

New American Bible
As I began to speak, the holy Spirit fell upon them as it had upon us at the beginning,

NET Bible
Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

New Revised Standard Version
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning.

New Heart English Bible
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

Weymouth New Testament
"And," said Peter, "no sooner had I begun to speak than the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He fell upon us at the first.

World English Bible
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

Young's Literal Translation
'And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Peter's Report at Jerusalem
14He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’ 15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning. 16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’…

Cross References
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 9:43
And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

Acts 10:44
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.


Treasury of Scripture

And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

as I.

Acts 10:34-44
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: …

the Holy Ghost.

Acts 10:45,46
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost…

Acts 19:6
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

as on.

Acts 2:2-12
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting…

Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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Acts 11
1. Peter, being accused for preaching to the Gentiles,
5. makes his defense;
18. which is accepted.
19. The gospel being spread in Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
22. Barnabas is sent to confirm them.
26. The disciples are first called Christians at Antioch.
27. They send relief to the brothers in Judea in time of famine.














(15) And as I began to speak . . .--It is, perhaps, a trait of individual character that the Apostle speaks of what is recorded in Acts 10:34-43 as the mere beginning of what he had meant to say.

As on us at the beginning.--The words are spoken, it will be remembered, to apostles and disciples who had been sharers in the Pentecostal gift. St. Peter bears his witness that what he witnessed at Caesarea was not less manifestly the Spirit's work than what they had then experienced.

Verse 15. - Even as for as, A.V.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[As]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

I
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

began
ἄρξασθαί (arxasthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 756: To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.

to speak,
λαλεῖν (lalein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Holy
Ἅγιον (Hagion)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

Spirit
Πνεῦμα (Pneuma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

fell
ἐπέπεσεν (epepesen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1968: To fall upon, press upon, light upon, come over. From epi and pipto; to embrace or seize.

on
ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

them,
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

just as
ὥσπερ (hōsper)
Adverb
Strong's 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.

[He had come]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

upon
ἐφ’ (eph’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] beginning.
ἀρχῇ (archē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 746: From archomai; a commencement, or chief.


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