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CHAPTER 11

The

apostles

and

brothers

throughout

Judea

soon

heard

that

the

Gentiles

also

had received

the

word

of God.

So

when

Peter

went up

to

Jerusalem,

the circumcised believers

took issue

with

him

and said,

“You visited

uncircumcised

men

and

ate with

them.”

But

Peter

began

and explained

to them

the whole sequence of events:

“I

was

in

the city

of Joppa

praying,

and

in

a trance

I saw

a vision

of something

like

a large

sheet

being let down

from

heaven

by its four

corners,

and

it came right down to

me.

I looked

at

it closely

and saw

four-footed animals

of the

earth,

wild beasts,

reptiles,

and

birds

of the

air.

Then

I heard

a voice

saying

to me,

‘Get up,

Peter,

kill

and

eat.’

‘No,

Lord,’

I said,

‘for

nothing

impure

or

unclean

has ever entered

my

mouth.’

But

the voice

spoke

from

heaven

a second time,

‘Do not call anything impure

that

God

has made clean.’

This

happened

three times,

and

everything

was drawn back up

into

heaven.

Just then,

three

men

sent

to

me

from

Caesarea

stopped

at

the

house

where

I was staying.

The

Spirit

told

me

to accompany

them

without

hesitation.

These

six

brothers

also

went

with

me,

and

we entered

the

man’s

home.

He told

us

how

he had seen

an angel

standing

in

his

house

and

saying,

‘Send

to

Joppa

for

Simon

who

is called

Peter.

He

will convey

to

you

a message

by

which

you

and

all

your

household

will be saved.’

As

I

began

to speak,

the

Holy

Spirit

fell

on

them,

just as

He had come

upon

us

at

the beginning.

Then

I remembered

the

word

of the

Lord,

as

He used to say,

‘John

baptized

with water,

but

you

will be baptized

with

the Holy

Spirit.’

So

if

God

gave

them

the

same

gift

as

He gave

us

who believed

in

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ,

who

was

I

to

hinder the work of

God?"

When

they heard

this,

their objections were put to rest,

and

they glorified

God,

saying,

“So then,

God

has granted

even

the

Gentiles

repentance

unto

life.”

Meanwhile,

those

scattered

by

the

persecution

that began

with

Stephen

traveled as far as

Phoenicia,

Cyprus,

and

Antioch,

speaking

the

message

only

to Jews.

But

some

of

them,

men

from Cyprus

and

Cyrene,

went

to

Antioch

and began speaking

to

the

Greeks

as well,

proclaiming the good news

about the

Lord

Jesus.

The hand

of the Lord

was

with

them,

and

a great

number of people

believed

and turned

to

the

Lord.

When

news

of

this

reached

the

ears

of the

church

in

Jerusalem,

they sent

Barnabas

to

Antioch.

When he

arrived

and

saw

the

grace

of

God,

he rejoiced

and

encouraged

them all

to abide

in

the

Lord

with

all their

hearts.

Barnabas was

a good

man,

full

of the Holy

Spirit

and

faith,

and

a great

number of people

were brought

to the

Lord.

Then

Barnabas went

to

Tarsus

to look for

Saul,

and when

he found him,

he brought him

back to

Antioch.

So

for a full

year

they

met together

with

the

church

and

taught

large

numbers of people.

The

disciples

were first called

Christians

at

Antioch.

In

those

days

some prophets

came down

from

Jerusalem

to

Antioch.

One

of

them

named

Agabus

stood up

and predicted

through

the

Spirit that

a great

famine

would

sweep

across

the

entire

Roman world.

(This

happened

under

Claudius.)

So

the

disciples,

each

according to

his ability,

decided

to send

relief

to the

brothers

living

in

Judea.

This

they did,

sending their gifts

to

the

elders

with

Barnabas

and

Saul.

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