Acts:11

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ylt @Acts:11:1 @And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God , ylt @Acts:11:2 @and when Peter came up to Jerusalem , those of the circumcision were contending with him , ylt @Acts:11:3 @saying -- 'Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in , and didst eat with them !' ylt @Acts:11:4 @And Peter having begun , did expound to them in order saying , ylt @Acts:11:5 @'I was in the city of Joppa praying , and I saw in a trance a vision , a certain vessel coming down , as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven , and it came unto me ; ylt @Acts:11:6 @at which having looked stedfastly , I was considering , and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth , and the wild beasts , and the creeping things , and the fowls of heaven ; ylt @Acts:11:7 @and I heard a voice saying to me , Having risen , Peter , slay and eat ; ylt @Acts:11:8 @and I said , Not so , Lord ; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth ; ylt @Acts:11:9 @and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven , What God did cleanse , thou -- declare not thou common . ylt @Acts:11:10 @'And this happened thrice , and again was all drawn up to the heaven , ylt @Acts:11:11 @and , lo , immediately , three men stood at the house in which I was , having been sent from Cesarea unto me , ylt @Acts:11:12 @and the Spirit said to me to go with them , nothing doubting , and these six brethren also went with me , and we did enter into the house of the man , ylt @Acts:11:13 @he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing , and saying to him , Send men to Joppa , and call for Simon , who is surnamed Peter , ylt @Acts:11:14 @who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved , thou and all thy house . ylt @Acts:11:15 @'And in my beginning to speak , the Holy Spirit did fall upon them , even as also upon us in the beginning , ylt @Acts:11:16 @and I remembered the saying of the Lord , how he said , John indeed did baptize with water , and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit ; ylt @Acts:11:17 @if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us , having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ , I -- how was I able to withstand God ?' ylt @Acts:11:18 @And they , having heard these things , were silent , and were glorifying God , saying , 'Then , indeed , also to the nations did God give the reformation to life .' ylt @Acts:11:19 @Those , indeed , therefore , having been scattered abroad , from the tribulation that came after Stephen , went through unto Phenice , and Cyprus , and Antioch , speaking the word to none except to Jews only ; ylt @Acts:11:20 @and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene , who having entered into Antioch , were speaking unto the Hellenists , proclaiming good news -- the Lord Jesus , ylt @Acts:11:21 @and the hand of the Lord was with them , a great number also , having believed , did turn unto the Lord . ylt @Acts:11:22 @And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is ] in Jerusalem concerning them , and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch , ylt @Acts:11:23 @who , having come , and having seen the grace of God , was glad , and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord , ylt @Acts:11:24 @because he was a good man , and full of the Holy Spirit , and of faith , and a great multitude was added to the Lord . ylt @Acts:11:25 @And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus , to seek for Saul , ylt @Acts:11:26 @and having found him , he brought him to Antioch , and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly , and taught a great multitude , the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians . ylt @Acts:11:27 @And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch , ylt @Acts:11:28 @and one of them , by name Agabus , having stood up , did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world -- which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar -- ylt @Acts:11:29 @and the disciples , according as any one was prospering , determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea , ylt @Acts:11:30 @which also they did , having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul .

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