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Peter Reports at Jerusalem
1 Now the apostles and
Athe brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem,
1Athose who were circumcised took issue with him,
3 saying, “
AYou
1went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
4 But Peter began
speaking 1and
proceeded to explain to them
Ain orderly sequence, saying,
5 “
AI was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw
Ba vision, an
1object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from
2the sky; and it came right down to me,
6 and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it
1I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the
2crawling creatures and the birds of the
3air.
7 “I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter;
1kill and eat.’
8 “But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing
1unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 “But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘
AWhat God has cleansed, no longer
1consider unholy.’
10 “This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into
1the sky.
11 “And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were
staying, having been sent to me from
ACaesarea.
12 “
AThe Spirit told me to go with them
1Bwithout misgivings.
CThese six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house.
13 “And he reported to us how he had seen the angel
1standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here;
14 and he will speak
Awords to you by which you will be saved, you and
Ball your household.’
15 “And as I began to speak,
Athe Holy Spirit fell upon them just
Bas
He did upon us at the beginning.
16 “And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say,
‘AJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized 1with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 “Therefore if
AGod gave to them the same gift as
He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ,
Bwho was I that I could
1stand in God’s way?”
18 When they heard this, they
1quieted down and
Aglorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the
Brepentance
that leads to life.”
The Church at Antioch
19 ASo then those who were scattered because of the
1persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way
2to
BPhoenicia and
CCyprus and
DAntioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.
20 But there were some of them, men of
ACyprus and
BCyrene, who came to
CAntioch and
began speaking to the
1DGreeks also,
2Epreaching the Lord Jesus.
21 And
Athe hand of the Lord was with them, and
Ba large number who believed turned to the Lord.
22 The
1news about them
2reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent
ABarnabas off
3to
BAntioch.
23 Then when he arrived and
1witnessed
Athe grace of God, he rejoiced and
began to encourage them all with
2resolute heart to remain
true to the Lord;
24 for he was a good man, and
Afull of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And
Bconsiderable
1numbers were
2brought to the Lord.
25 And he left for
ATarsus to look for Saul;
26 and when he had found him, he brought him to
AAntioch. And for an entire year they
1met with the church and taught considerable
2numbers; and
Bthe disciples were first called
CChristians in
AAntioch.
27 Now
1at this time
Asome prophets came down from Jerusalem to
BAntioch.
28 One of them named
AAgabus stood up and
began to indicate
1by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine
Ball over the
2world.
3And this took place in the
reign of
CClaudius.
29 And in the proportion that any of
Athe disciples had means, each of them determined to send
a contribution for the
1relief of
Bthe brethren living in Judea.
30 AAnd this they did, sending it
1in charge of
BBarnabas and Saul to the
Celders.