Acts 11
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Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also
had 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, You went in to men uncircumcised, and did eat with them.
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But Peter began, and expounded [the matter] to them in order, saying,
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I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel
descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it
came even to me:
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upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the four-footed beasts
of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
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And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
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But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.
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But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, make not
you common.
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And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
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And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been
sent from Caesarea to me.
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And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren
also accompanied me; and we entered into the man`s house:
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and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to
Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;
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who shall speak to you words, whereby you shall be saved, you and all your house.
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And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
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And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water;
but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.
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If then God gave to them the like gift as [he did] also to us, when we believed on
the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?
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And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying,
Then to the Gentiles also has God granted repentance to life.
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They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen
traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save
only to Jews.
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But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to
Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
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And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned to
the Lord.
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And the report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem:
and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch:
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who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them
all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave to the Lord:
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for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was
added to the Lord.
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And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;
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and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that even
for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people,
and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
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Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there
should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
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And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to
the brethren that dwelt in Judea:
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which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.