Atcs 11: μετάνοιαν (metanoian)

Peter is questioned by other Jews how has he stayed with uncircumcised gentiles. He explains how the Lord conduct him to the gentiles. There, Peter saw the Holy Spirit moving in the gentiles.


In Acts 11:18 we read:

18 When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has also granted to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”

Repentance is the translation from μετάνοιαν which means "change of mind" or in Christian terms, "conversion".
So the gentiles received from the Lord, the "change of mind" that leads to ζωὴν (zōēn)/life implying that they were dead.