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18 When they heard this,[a] they ceased their objections[b] and praised[c] God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance[d] that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”[e]

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  1. Acts 11:18 tn Grk “these things.”
  2. Acts 11:18 tn Or “became silent,” but this would create an apparent contradiction with the subsequent action of praising God. The point, in context, is that they ceased objecting to what Peter had done.
  3. Acts 11:18 tn Or “glorified.”
  4. Acts 11:18 sn Here the summary phrase for responding to the gospel is the repentance that leads to life. Note how the presence of life is tied to the presence of the Spirit (cf. John 4:7-42; 7:37-39).
  5. Acts 11:18 sn In the Greek text the phrase even to the Gentiles is in an emphatic position.