31 lines
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31 lines
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# Chapter 11
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1 The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
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2 When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,
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3 saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
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4 Peter began to explain to them step by step,
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5 “I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a trance, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.
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6 When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.
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7 I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’
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8 “‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
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9 But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call impure.’
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10 “Now this happened three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven.
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11 At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.
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12 The Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.
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13 He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.
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14 He will speak a message to you by which you and all your household will be saved.’
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15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.
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16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
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17 If, then, God gave them the same gift that he also gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”
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18 When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.”
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19 Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
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20 But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
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21 The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
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22 News about them reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.
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23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
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24 for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
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25 Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,
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26 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
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27 In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the reign of Claudius.
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29 Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea.
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30 They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul. |