Acts 11 : 1 (HCSB)
The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God's message also.
Acts 11 : 2 (HCSB)
When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him,
Acts 11 : 3 (HCSB)
saying, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
Acts 11 : 4 (HCSB)
Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:
Acts 11 : 5 (HCSB)
"I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object coming down that resembled a large sheet being lowered from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.
Acts 11 : 6 (HCSB)
When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.
Acts 11 : 7 (HCSB)
Then I also heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat!'
Acts 11 : 8 (HCSB)
" 'No, Lord!' I said. 'For nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'
Acts 11 : 9 (HCSB)
But a voice answered from heaven a second time, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'
Acts 11 : 10 (HCSB)
"Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven.
Acts 11 : 11 (HCSB)
At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.
Acts 11 : 12 (HCSB)
Then the Spirit told me to go with them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man's house.
Acts 11 : 13 (HCSB)
He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.
Acts 11 : 14 (HCSB)
He will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.'
Acts 11 : 15 (HCSB)
"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.
Acts 11 : 16 (HCSB)
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
Acts 11 : 17 (HCSB)
Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?"
Acts 11 : 18 (HCSB)
When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, "So God has granted repentance resulting in life to even the Gentiles!"
Acts 11 : 19 (HCSB)
Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.
Acts 11 : 20 (HCSB)
But there were some of them, Cypriot and Cyrenian men, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11 : 21 (HCSB)
The Lord's hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
Acts 11 : 22 (HCSB)
Then the report about them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.
Acts 11 : 23 (HCSB)
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart--
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for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith-- and large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
Acts 11 : 25 (HCSB)
Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,
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and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers, and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Acts 11 : 27 (HCSB)
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 11 : 28 (HCSB)
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.
Acts 11 : 29 (HCSB)
So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.
Acts 11 : 30 (HCSB)
This they did, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.
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