The Meaning of Acts 11:11 Explained

Acts 11:11

KJV: And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

YLT: and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,

Darby: and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

ASV: And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And,  behold,  immediately  there were  three  men  already  come  unto  the house  where  I was,  sent  from  Caesarea  unto  me. 

What does Acts 11:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Acts 11:1-18 - Following A Plain Course
It is very interesting here to find Peter on the defensive. We have always thought of him as masterful and strong, the born leader of men, whose authority was absolutely indisputable. But here we see him taken seriously to task by the mother Church, and compelled to show the grounds of his unprecedented action. Here also appears the first clear indication of the rift which was, in due course, to develop in the Church, between the converted Jews, who insisted that Gentiles must become Jews before becoming Christians, and those of more liberal views, who began to understand that in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availed anything, but a new creature, Galatians 6:15, and faith working by love, Galatians 5:6. This division was the cause of Paul's embittered and life-long persecution.
But the first decision of those in the church in Jerusalem was a perfectly just one, Acts 11:18. The facts compelled a favorable verdict upon Peter's action. They tacitly confessed that the seal of God's approval had been unmistakably affixed to his action, and that he had no alternative. When a man lives in union with the Spirit of God, crooked things become straight and rough places plain, Isaiah 40:4. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Acts 11:11 mean?

And behold immediately three men stood at the house in which I was having been sent from Caesarea to me
Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξαυτῆς τρεῖς ἄνδρες ἐπέστησαν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐν ἦμεν ἀπεσταλμένοι ἀπὸ Καισαρείας πρός με

ἰδοὺ  behold 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: ἰδού  
Sense: behold, see, lo.
ἐξαυτῆς  immediately 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ἐξαυτῆς  
Sense: on the instant, forthwith.
τρεῖς  three 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: τρεῖς 
Sense: three.
ἄνδρες  men 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀνήρ  
Sense: with reference to sex.
ἐπέστησαν  stood 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἐφίστημι  
Sense: to place at, place upon, place over.
ἐπὶ  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: ἐπί  
Sense: upon, on, at, by, before.
οἰκίαν  house 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: οἰκία  
Sense: a house.
ἦμεν  I  was 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
ἀπεσταλμένοι  having  been  sent 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀποστέλλω 
Sense: to order (one) to go to a place appointed.
Καισαρείας  Caesarea 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root: Καισάρεια  
Sense: Caesarea of Philippi was situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis, and formerly called Paneas; but afterward being rebuilt by Philip the tetrarch, it was called by him Caesarea, in honour of Tiberias Caesar; subsequently called Neronias by Agrippa II, in honour of Nero.
με  me 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative 1st Person Singular
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.

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