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| 11 | Acts |
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Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. | Peter's Report to the Church at Jerusalem Ac.11.1-18 (Jerusalem) - |
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, | |
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saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" | |
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But Peter began and explained to them in order: | |
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me. | |
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Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. | |
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And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' | |
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But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' | |
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But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' | |
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This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven. | |
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At that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. | |
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And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brethren also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. | |
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And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon called Peter; | |
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he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.' | |
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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. | |
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And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' | |
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If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" | |
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When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life." | |
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Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews. | The Church at Antioch Ac.11.19-30 (Antioch, Syria) - |
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But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. | |
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And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. | |
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News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. | |
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When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; | |
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for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. | |
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So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; | |
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and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians. | |
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Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. | |
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And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. | |
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And the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea; | |
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and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. | |
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