Acts 11:14
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
Acts 11:14 in other translations
| BSB | He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’ |
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| WEB | who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’ |
| ASV | who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house. |
| YLT | who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house. |
| DARBY | who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house. |
| BBE | Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation. |
| Webster | Who shall tell thee words, by which thou and all thy house shall be saved. |
What does Acts 11:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 11:12-18
12-18. we entered the man's house--No mention of Cornelius' name, much less of his high position, as if that affected the question. To the charge, "Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised," he simply speaks of the uncircumcised "man" to whom he had been divinely sent.
Barnes' Notes
(c) "tell thee words" Ps 19:7-11, Jn 6:63,68
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 11:1-18
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…
Acts 11:14 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 11:14
- Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- Acts 10:22
And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
- Acts 16:31-34
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
- Acts 10:2
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
- Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
- Acts 10:6
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
- Acts 2:39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
- 1 John 5:9-13
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. …
- Acts 10:32-33
Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
- Psalms 112:2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
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Context
- Acts 11:13
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
- Acts 11:14
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
- Acts 11:15
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
Acts 11:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El cual te hablará palabras por las cuales serás salvo tú, y toda tu casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | qui te dira des choses par lesquelles tu seras sauvé, toi et toute ta maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | der wird Worte zu dir reden, durch welche du errettet werden wirst, du und dein ganzes Haus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui loquetur tibi verba in quibus salvus eris tu, et universa domus tua. |