1 Now the apostles and the brothers being in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. VP
2 And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of [the] circumcision were contending with him, VP
3 saying, “You went in to men having uncircumcision and ate with them.” VP
4 Now Peter, having begun, was setting [it] forth to them in order, saying, VP
5 “I was in [the] city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down out of heaven by four corners, and it came as far as me. VP
6 Having looked intently on it, I was observing [it], and I saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the sky. VP
7 And also I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Having risen up, Peter, kill and eat!’ VP
8 But I said, ‘In no way, Lord, for never has a common or unclean [thing] entered into my mouth.’ VP
9 But for a second [time] the voice answered out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you do not call common.’ VP
10 Now this happened at three times, and all was drawn up into heaven again. VP
11 And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which we were, having been sent to me from Caesarea. VP
12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, not having doubted. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man’s house, VP
13 and he reported to us how he saw the angel having stood in his house and having said, ‘Send to Joppa and send for Simon who is called Peter, VP
14 who will speak words to you by which you will be saved—you and all your house.’ VP
15 And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, even as also upon us in [the] beginning. VP
16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘John indeed baptized in water, but you⁺ will be baptized in [the] Holy Spirit.’ VP
17 If, then, God gave to them the same gift as also to us having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how was I able to forbid God?” VP
18 And having heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, “Then indeed God has given also to the Gentiles repentance unto life.” VP
19 Therefore, indeed, those having been scattered by the tribulation having taken place over Stephen passed through to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only. VP
20 But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking also to the Hellenists, proclaiming the gospel—the Lord Jesus. VP
21 And [the] hand of [the] Lord was with them, and a great number, having believed, turned to the Lord. VP
22 Now the report was heard in the ears of the church being in Jerusalem about them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go as far as Antioch— VP
23 who, having come and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to remain in the Lord. VP
24 For he was a good man, and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable multitude was added to the Lord. VP
25 And he went out to Tarsus to seek Saul, VP
26 and having found [him], he brought [him] to Antioch. And it came to pass [that] they also gathered together a whole year in the church and taught a considerable multitude. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. VP
27 Now in these days, there came down from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch. VP
28 And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified through the Spirit [that] a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius. VP
29 And the disciples, just as anyone was prospered, each of them determined to send for ministry to the brothers dwelling in Judea, VP
30 which also they did, having sent [it] to the elders through [the] hand of Barnabas and Saul. VP