Acts 11
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Acts 11:1
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Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
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saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
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But Peter began {speaking} and {proceeded} to explain to them in orderly sequence, saying,
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me,
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and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the (Or {reptiles}) crawling creatures and the birds of the air.
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~"I also heard a voice saying to me, `Get up, Peter; kill and eat.'
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~"But I said, `By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
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~"But a voice from heaven answered a second time, `What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.'
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~"This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.
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~"And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were {staying,} having been sent to me from Caesarea.
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~"The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man's house.
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~"And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, `Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here;
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and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'
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~"And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as {He did} upon us at the beginning.
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~"And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, `John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
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~"Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as {He gave} to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"
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When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance {that leads} to life."
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And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
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Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and {began} to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain {true} to the Lord;
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for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.
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And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul;
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One of them named Agabus stood up and {began} to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the {reign} of Claudius.
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And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send {a contribution} for the relief of the brethren living in Judea.
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And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders.
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