| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them." |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But Peter began speaking and proceeded to explain to them in orderly sequence, saying, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"But a voice from heaven answered a second time, 'What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.' |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man's house. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, 'Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here; |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.' |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life." |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul; |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders. |
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