1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had accepted the word
2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,
3 saying, “You went to men
4 But Peter began
5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision—an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.
7 And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!’
8 But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!’
9 But the voice replied from heaven for the second time, ‘
10 And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again.
11 And behold, at once three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea approached the house in which we were
12 And the Spirit told me to accompany them, not hesitating
13 And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is also called Peter,
14 who will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
15 And
16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 Therefore if God gave them the same gift as also to us
18 And
19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, proclaiming the message to no one except Jews alone.
20 But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who,
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
23 who,
24 because he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large number were added
25 So he departed for Tarsus to look for Saul.
26 And
27 Now in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 And one of them
29 So from the disciples,
30 which they also did, sending