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And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God .
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And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem ,
they that were of the circumcision contended with him ,
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Saying ,
Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised ,
and didst eat with them .
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But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning ,
and expounded it by order unto them ,
saying ,
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I was in the city of Joppa praying :
and in a trance I saw a vision ,
A certain vessel descend ,
as it had been a great sheet ,
let down from heaven by four corners ;
and it came even to me :
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Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes ,
I considered ,
and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth ,
and wild beasts ,
and creeping things ,
and fowls of the air .
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And I heard a voice saying unto me ,
Arise ,
Peter ;
slay and eat .
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But I said ,
Not so ,
Lord :
for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth .
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But the voice answered me again from heaven ,
What God hath cleansed ,
that call not thou common .
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And this was done three times :
and all were drawn up again into heaven .
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And ,
behold ,
immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was ,
sent from Caesarea unto me .
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And the Spirit bade me go with them ,
nothing doubting .
Moreover these six brethren accompanied me ,
and we entered into the man '
s house :
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And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house ,
which stood and said unto him ,
Send men to Joppa ,
and call for Simon ,
whose surname is Peter ;
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Who shall tell thee words ,
whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved .
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And as I began to speak ,
the Holy Ghost fell on them ,
as on us at the beginning .
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Then remembered I the word of the Lord ,
how that he said ,
John indeed baptized with water ;
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost .
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Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us ,
who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ ;
what was I ,
that I could withstand God ?
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When they heard these things ,
they held their peace ,
and glorified God ,
saying ,
Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life .
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Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice ,
and Cyprus ,
and Antioch ,
preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only .
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And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene ,
which ,
when they were come to Antioch ,
spake unto the Grecians ,
preaching the Lord Jesus .
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And the hand of the Lord was with them :
and a great number believed ,
and turned unto the Lord .
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Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem :
and they sent forth Barnabas ,
that he should go as far as Antioch .
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Who ,
when he came ,
and had seen the grace of God ,
was glad ,
and exhorted them all ,
that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord .
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For he was a good man ,
and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith :
and much people was added unto the Lord .
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Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus ,
for to seek Saul :
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And when he had found him ,
he brought him unto Antioch .
And it came to pass ,
that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church ,
and taught much people .
And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch .
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And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch .
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And there stood up one of them named Agabus ,
and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world :
which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar .
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Then the disciples ,
every man according to his ability ,
determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea :
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Which also they did ,
and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul .