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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who emphasized circumcision disagreed with him. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!" |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Then Peter began to explain to them point by point what had happened. He said, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"I was in the town of Joppa praying when in a trance I saw a vision: Something like a large linen sheet descended down from heaven, lowered by its four corners, and it came right down to me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6When I examined it closely, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But I replied, 'Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!' |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then the voice from heaven answered a second time, 'You must stop calling common what God has made clean!' |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10This happened three times. Then everything was pulled back up to heaven. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"At that very moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent to me from Caesarea. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers went with me, too, and we entered the house of the man from Caesarea. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his home and saying, 'Send messengers to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14He will discuss with you how you and your entire household will be saved.' |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he was first given to us. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Now if God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, who was I to try to stop God?" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18When they heard this, they calmed down, and praised God by saying, "So God has given repentance that leads to life even to gentiles." |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Now the people who were scattered by the persecution that started because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number of people believed and turned to the Lord. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22When the church in Jerusalem heard this news, they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23When he arrived, he rejoiced to see what the grace of God had done, and with hearty determination he kept encouraging all of them to remain faithful to the Lord, |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith. And so a large number of people was brought to the Lord. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to look for Saul. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26When he found him, he brought him to Antioch, and for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27At that time some prophets from Jerusalem came down to Antioch. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28One of them named Agabus got up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world. This happened during the reign of Claudius. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29So all of the disciples decided they would send a contribution to the brothers living in Judea, as they were able, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30by sending it through Barnabas and Saul to the elders. |
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