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¹ And the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the nations also received the Word of God.² And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,³ saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.⁴ But beginning, Peter set out to them in order, saying,⁵ I was being in the city of Joppa, praying. And in an ecstasy, I saw a vision: a certain vessel was coming down, like a huge sheet, being let down by four corners out of the heaven; and it came as far as me.⁶ Looking intently on this , I observed. And I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the heaven.⁷ And I heard a voice saying to me, Peter, rise up, slay and eat.⁸ But I said, Not at all, Lord, because never has anything common or unclean entered into my mouth.⁹ But a voice answered me the second time out of the heaven, What God has cleansed, you do not make common.¹⁰ And this took place three times , and all things were pulled up into the heaven again.¹¹ And, behold, at once three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.¹² And the Spirit said to me to go with them, not discriminating. And these six brothers also were with me, and we went into the man's house.¹³ And he told us how he saw an angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and send for Simon who is surnamed Peter,¹⁴ who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.¹⁵ And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as also on us in the beginning.¹⁶ And I recalled the Word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.¹⁷ Then if God gave the same gift to them as also to us, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, and I, who was I to be able to prevent God?¹⁸ And hearing these things, they kept silent and glorified God, saying, Then God also has granted to the nations repentance unto life.

¹⁹ Then, indeed, they who were scattered by the oppression taking place over Stephen passed through to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the Word to no one except only to Jews.²⁰ But some men from them, Cypriots and Cyrenians, who had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, announcing the gospel of the Lord Jesus.²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believing, they turned to the Lord.²² And the Word was heard in the ears of the assembly in Jerusalem concerning them. And they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch;²³ who having come, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide near the Lord.²⁴ For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord.²⁵ And Barnabas went out to Tarsus to seek Saul.²⁶ And finding him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that many of them were gathered to them in the assembly a whole year. And they taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

²⁷ And in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.²⁸ And one of them named Agabus rising up, he signified through the Spirit that a great famine was about to be over all the habitable earth, which also happened on Claudius Caesar's time .²⁹ And according as any was prospered, the disciples, each of them, determined to send for ministry to those brothers living in Judea,³⁰ which they also did, sending to the elders through the hand of Barnabas and Saul.