| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God's message also. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3saying, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!" |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying: " |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6When 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. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Then I also heard a voice telling me, Get up, Peter; kill and eat!'" |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8No, Lord!' I said. 'For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!' |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But a voice answered from heaven a second time, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Then the Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man's house. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He 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. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14He will speak a message to you that you and all your household will be saved by.'" |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, "So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!" |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Those 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 message to no one except Jews. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But there were some of them, Cypriot and Cyrenian men, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The Lord's hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Then the report about them was heard by the church that was at Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart, |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26and 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. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Then 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 time of Claudius. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul. |
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