Geneva Bible Notes (1560): Acts 11

^{2 a} For they colde not yet comprehende this secret, which was hid from the Angels them selues, euen from the creation of the worlde, {Eph. 3,8. col. 1, 26}

^{4 !} Peter sheweth the cause wherefore he went to the Gentiles.

^{16 c} That is, indued with the graces of the holie Gost.

^{18 d} Their modestie declareth that they were not ashamed to vnsay that wereof they had vnjustely blamed Peter.

^{18 e} This repentance dependeth vpon faith.

^{18 !} The Church approueth it.

^{19 /} Or, trouble.

^{20 f} He meaneth not the Jewes which being scatered abroade in diuers countreis were called by this name, but the Grecians, which were Gentiles.

^{21 !} The Church increaseth.

^{21 g} The power and vertue.

^{22 !} Barnabas and Paul preache at Antiochia.

^{22 h} This was the moste famous citie of Syria, and bordered vpon Cilicia.

^{23 /} Or, continue with the Lord.

^{26 i} Where as before they were called disciples, now they are named Christians.

^{28 k} This prophecie was an occasion to the Antiochians to relieue the necessitie of their brethren in Jerusalem.

^{28 !} Agabus prophecieth death to come.

^{29 !} And the remedie.

^{29 l} To signifie that it came of a charitable minde towardes them.