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The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticised him |
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and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them." |
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Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened: |
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. |
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I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. |
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Then I heard a voice telling me,`Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.' |
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"I replied,`Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' |
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"The voice spoke from heaven a second time,`Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' |
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This happened three times, and then it was pulled up to heaven again. |
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"Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. |
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The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house. |
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He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say,`Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. |
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He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.' |
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"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. |
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Then I remembered what the Lord had said:`John baptised with water, but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.' |
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So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?" |
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When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life." |
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Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. |
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Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. |
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The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. |
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News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. |
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When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. |
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He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. |
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Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, |
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and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. |
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During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. |
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One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) |
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The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea. |
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This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. |
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