Now the apostles
and athe brethren
who were throughout
Judea
heard
that the Gentiles
also
had received
the word
of God
.
And when Peter
came
up to Jerusalem
, 1 athose
who were circumcised
took
issue
with him,
saying, " aYou 1went
to uncircumcised
men
and ate
with them."
But Peter began
speaking 1and proceeded to explain
to them ain orderly
sequence
, saying
,
" aI was in the city of Joppa
praying
; and in a trance
I saw
ba vision
, an 1object
coming
down
like
a great
sheet
lowered
by four
corners
from 2the sky
; and it came
right
down to me,
and when I had fixed my gaze
on it and was observing
it 1I saw
the four-footed
animals
of the earth
and the wild
beasts
and the 2crawling
creatures
and the birds
of the 3air
.
"I also heard
a voice
saying
to me, `Get
up, Peter
; 1kill
and eat
.'
"But I said, `By no
means
, Lord
, for nothing
1unholy
or
unclean
has ever
entered
my mouth
.'
"But a voice from heaven
answered
a second
time
, ` aWhat
God
has cleansed
, no
longer 1consider
unholy
.'
"This happened
three
times
, and everything
was drawn
back
up into 1the sky
.
"And behold, at that moment
three
men
appeared
at the house
in which
we were staying, having been sent
to me from aCaesarea
.
" aThe Spirit told
me to go
with them 1 bwithout
misgivings
. cThese
six
brethren
also
went
with me and we entered
the man's
house
.
"And he reported to us how
he had seen
the angel
1standing
in his house
, and saying
, `Send
to Joppa
and have Simon
, who is also called
Peter
, brought
here
;
and he will speak awords
to you by which
you will be saved
, you and ball
your household
.'
"And as I began to speak
, athe Holy
Spirit
fell
upon them just
bas He did upon us at the beginning
.
"And I remembered the word
of the Lord
, how
He used to say
, ` aJohn
baptized
with water
, but you will be baptized
1with the Holy
Spirit
.'
"Therefore if
aGod
gave
to them the same
gift
as He gave to us also
after believing
in the Lord
Jesus
Christ
, bwho
was I that I could
1stand
in God's
way
?"
When they heard this
, they 1quieted
down
and aglorified
God
, saying
, "Well
then
, God
has granted
to the Gentiles
also
the brepentance
that leads to life
."
aSo then
those
who were scattered
because
of the 1persecution
that occurred
in connection
with Stephen
made
their way
2to bPhoenicia
and cCyprus
and dAntioch
, speaking
the word
to no
one
except
to Jews
alone
.
But there were some of them, men
of aCyprus
and bCyrene
, who
came
to cAntioch
and began speaking
to the 1 dGreeks
also
, 2 epreaching
the Lord
Jesus
.
And athe hand of the Lord
was with them, and ba large
number
who believed
turned
to the Lord
.
The 1news about
them 2reached
the ears
of the church
at Jerusalem
, and they sent
aBarnabas
off
3to bAntioch
.
Then when he arrived and 1witnessed
athe grace
of God
, he rejoiced
and began to encourage
them all
with 2resolute
heart
to remain
true to the Lord
;
for he was a good man
, and afull
of the Holy
Spirit
and of faith
. And bconsiderable
1numbers
were 2brought
to the Lord
.
And he left for aTarsus
to look
for Saul
;
and when he had found him, he brought
him to aAntioch
. And for an entire
year
they 1met
with the church
and taught
considerable
2numbers
; and bthe disciples
were first
called
cChristians
in aAntioch
.
Now 1at this
time
asome prophets
came
down
from Jerusalem
to bAntioch
.
One of them named
aAgabus
stood
up and began to indicate
1by the Spirit
that there would
certainly
be a great
famine
ball
over
the 2world
. 3And this
took
place
in the reign of cClaudius
.
And in the proportion that any
of athe disciples
had
means
, each
of them determined
to send
a contribution for the 1relief
of bthe brethren
living
in Judea
.
aAnd this they did
, sending
it 1in charge
of bBarnabas
and Saul
to the celders
.