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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them." |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story: |
| 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. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.' |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. |
| 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] | 17So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God's way?" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life." |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27During 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 through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. |
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