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* And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God ; * and when Peter went up to Jerusalem , they of the circumcision contended with him , * saying , Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them . * But Peter began and set forth [the matter ] to them in order , saying , * I was in the city of Joppa praying , and in an ecstasy I saw a vision , a certain vessel descending like a great sheet , let down by four corners out of heaven , and it came even to me : * on which having fixed mine eyes , I considered , and saw the quadrupeds of the earth , and the wild beasts , and the creeping things , and the fowls of the heaven . * And I heard also a voice saying to me , Rise up , Peter , slay and eat . * And I said , In no wise , Lord , for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth . * And a voice answered the second time out of heaven , What God has cleansed , do not thou make common . * And this took place thrice , and again all was drawn up into heaven ; * and lo , immediately three men were at the house in which I was , sent to me from Caesarea . * And the Spirit said to me to go with them , nothing doubting . And there went with me these six brethren also , and we entered into the house of the man , * and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house , standing and saying [to him ], Send [men ] to Joppa and fetch Simon , who is surnamed Peter , * who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved , thou and all thy house . * And as I began to speak , the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning . * And I remembered the word of the Lord , how he said , John baptised with water , but ye shall be baptised with [the ] Holy Spirit . * If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ , who indeed was I to be able to forbid God ? * And when they heard these things they held their peace , and glorified God , saying , Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life . * They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen , passed through [the country ] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch , speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone . * But there were certain of them , Cyprians and Cyrenians , who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also , announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus . * And [the ] Lord 's hand was with them , and a great number believed and turned to the Lord . * And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem , and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch : * who , having arrived and seeing the grace of God , rejoiced , and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord ; * for he was a good man and full of [the ] Holy Spirit and of faith ; and a large crowd [of people ] were added to the Lord . * And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul . * And having found [him ], he brought him to Antioch . And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd : and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch . * Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch ; * and one from among them , by name Agabus , rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth , which also came to pass under Claudius . * And they determined , according as any one of the disciples was well off , each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea , to minister [to them ]; * which also they did , sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul .

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