| 1 | Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles. |
| 2 | And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him, |
| 3 | Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them. |
| 4 | But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them, |
| 5 | I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me: |
| 6 | And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds. |
| 7 | And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. |
| 8 | But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth. |
| 9 | But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common. |
| 10 | And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven. |
| 11 | And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were. |
| 12 | And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house: |
| 13 | And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; |
| 14 | Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation. |
| 15 | And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first. |
| 16 | And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit. |
| 17 | If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God? |
| 18 | And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life. |
| 19 | Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only. |
| 20 | But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks. |
| 21 | And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord. |
| 22 | And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch: |
| 23 | Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts: |
| 24 | For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord. |
| 25 | Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul; |
| 26 | And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch. |
| 27 | Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. |
| 28 | And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius. |
| 29 | And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea: |
| 30 | Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. |
