Peter has to explain
1Now the Apostles and the brothers throughout Judea 264heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision party started contending with him,
3saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!” 265
4So Peter began by explaining it to them in order, saying:
5“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain object like a great sheet coming down out of the sky, being lowered by its four corners; and it came to me.
6Upon peering into it I observed and distinguished the quadrupeds of the earth—both the wild animals and the reptiles—and the birds of the sky.
7Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!’
8So I said: ‘No way, Lord! Never has anything ‘common’ or unclean entered my mouth!’
9But the voice answered me, a second time, from heaven, ‘Things that God has made clean you must not call ‘common’.’
10Well this was done three times, and it was all pulled back up into the sky.
11At that very moment three men stopped in front of the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
12The Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. These six brothers also went with me, 266and we entered the man's house.
13He then related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
14who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.’
15Well as I began to speak, 267the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as on us at the beginning.
16I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized with Holy Spirit.’ 268
17So if God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed upon the Lord Jesus, 269who was I to be able to withstand God?”
18Upon hearing these things they acquiesced and started glorifying God, saying, “So then, God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance into life!” 270
Enter Barnabas
19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that came about in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only. 271
20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who upon entering Antioch started speaking to the Greek-speakers, 272preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus.
21And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22Well the report concerning them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch.
23Upon arriving and seeing the grace of God, he was glad, and he kept encouraging them all to remain true to the Lord with purpose of heart 273
24(for he was a good man, full of Holy Spirit and of faith). And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord.
25Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul,
26and upon finding him he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they met with the congregation and taught a great many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Enter Agabus
27Now in these days, prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28One of them, named Agabus, stood up and indicated by the Spirit that a great famine was about to come upon the whole world (this indeed happened while Claudius was Caesar).
29Then the disciples, to the extent that any had plenty, each of them determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
30which they also did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
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