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“You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
But Peter began and explained it to them in order:
Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.
“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.
“I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.
Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds.
And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’
But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
“But the voice from heaven spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’
This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
This happened three times before the sheet and all it contained was pulled back up to heaven.
And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
“Just then three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were staying.
And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.
The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry that they were Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon entered the home of the man who had sent for us.
And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter;
He told us how an angel had appeared to him in his home and had told him, ‘Send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.
he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
He will tell you how you and everyone in your household can be saved!’
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
“As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”
And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”
The Church in Antioch
Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
The Church in Antioch of Syria
Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God, but only to Jews.
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
The power of the Lord was with them, and a large number of these Gentiles believed and turned to the Lord.
The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
When the church at Jerusalem heard what had happened, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.
for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And many people were brought to the Lord.
So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look for Saul.
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch.
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.)