Acts 11

And the apostles and ^abrethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. ²And when Peter was ^bcome up to Jerusalem, ^cthey that were of the circumcision contended with him, ³saying, ^dThou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and ^edidst eat with them. ⁴But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and ^fexpounded it ^gby order unto them, saying, ^5hI was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw ⁱa 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: ⁶upon the which when I had ^jfastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. ⁷And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. ⁸But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. ⁹But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. ¹⁰And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. ¹¹And behold, immediately there were three men ^kalready come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me. ¹²And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover ^lthese six ^abrethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house: ¹³and 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; ¹⁴who shall tell thee ^mwords, whereby thou and ⁿall thy house shall be saved. ¹⁵And as I began to speak, ^othe Holy Ghost fell on them, ^pas on us at the beginning. ¹⁶Then ^qremembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, ^rJohn indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. ^17sForasmuch then as God gave them the like ^tgift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could ^uwithstand God? ¹⁸When they heard these things, they held their peace, and ^xglorified God, saying, ^yThen hath God also to the Gentiles granted ^zrepentance unto life.

¹⁹Now ^athey which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as ^bPhenice, and ^cCyprus, and ^dAntioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. ²⁰And some of them were men of ^cCyprus and ^eCyrene, which, when they were come to ^dAntioch, spake unto the ^fGrecians, ^gpreaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹And ^hthe hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number ⁱbelieved, and ⁱⁱturned unto the Lord. ²²Then ^jtidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth ^kBarnabas, that he should go as far as ^dAntioch. ²³Who, when he came, and had seen ^lthe grace of God, was glad, and ^mexhorted them all, that with ⁿpurpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. ²⁴For he was ^oa good man, and ^pfull of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people ^qwas added unto the Lord. ²⁵Then departed Barnabas to ^rTarsus, for to seek Saul: ²⁶and when he had found him, he brought him unto ^sAntioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people, and the ^tdisciples were called ^uChristians first in ^sAntioch.

²⁷And in these days came ^xprophets from Jerusalem unto ^sAntioch. ²⁸And there stood up one of them named ^yAgabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great ^zdearth throughout all ^athe world: which came to pass in the days of ^bClaudius Cesar. ²⁹Then the ^tdisciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send ^crelief unto the ^dbrethren which dwelt in Judea: ^30ewhich also they did, and sent it to ^fthe elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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