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Acts

1 And the apos­tles and brethren that were in Ju­daea heard that the Gen­tiles had also re­ceived the word of God. 2 And when Pe­ter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the cir­cum­ci­sion con­tend­ed with him, 3 Say­ing, Thou wen­test in to men un­cir­cum­cised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Pe­ter re­hearsed the matter from the be­gin­ning, and ex­pound­ed it by or­der unto them, say­ing, 5 I was in the city of Jop­pa pray­ing: and in a trance I saw a vi­sion, A cer­tain ves­sel de­scend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heav­en by four cor­ners; and it came even to me: 6 Upon the which when I had fas­tened mine eyes, I con­sid­ered, and saw four­foot­ed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creep­ing things, and fowls of the air. 7 And I heard a voice say­ing unto me, Arise, Pe­ter; slay and eat. 8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for noth­ing com­mon or un­clean hath at any time en­tered into my mouth. 9 But the voice an­swered me again from heav­en, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou com­mon. 10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heav­en. 11 And, be­hold, im­me­di­ate­ly there were three men al­ready come unto the house where I was, sent from Cae­sarea unto me. 12 And the Spir­it bade me go with them, noth­ing doubt­ing. More­over these six brethren ac­com­pa­nied me, and we en­tered into the man's house: 13 And he shewed us how he had seen an an­gel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Jop­pa, and call for Si­mon, whose sur­name is Pe­ter; 14 Who shall tell thee words, where­by thou and all thy house shall be saved. 15 And as I be­gan to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the be­gin­ning. 16 Then re­mem­bered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John in­deed bap­tized with wa­ter; but ye shall be bap­tized with the Holy Ghost. 17 Foras­much then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who be­lieved on the Lord Je­sus Christ; what was I, that I could with­stand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glo­ri­fied God, say­ing, Then hath God also to the Gen­tiles grant­ed re­pen­tance unto life. 19 Now they which were scat­tered abroad upon the per­se­cu­tion that arose about Stephen trav­elled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and An­ti­och, preach­ing the word to none but unto the Jews on­ly. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to An­ti­och, spake unto the Gre­cians, preach­ing the Lord Je­sus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great num­ber be­lieved, and turned unto the Lord. 22 Then tid­ings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barn­abas, that he should go as far as An­ti­och. 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and ex­hort­ed them all, that with pur­pose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much peo­ple was added unto the Lord. 25 Then de­part­ed Barn­abas to Tar­sus, for to seek Saul: 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto An­ti­och. And it came to pass, that a whole year they as­sem­bled them­selves with the church, and taught much peo­ple. And the dis­ci­ples were called Chris­tians first in An­ti­och. 27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto An­ti­och. 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and sig­ni­fied by the Spir­it that there should be great dearth through­out all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cae­sar. 29 Then the dis­ci­ples, ev­ery man ac­cord­ing to his abil­i­ty, de­ter­mined to send re­lief unto the brethren which dwelt in Ju­daea: 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the el­ders by the hands of Barn­abas and Saul.