| 1 map | ¶ And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God; | |
| 2 map | and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him, | |
| 3 | saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them. | |
| 4 | But Peter began and set forth {the matter} to them in order, saying, | |
| 5 map | I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me: | |
| 6 | on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven. | |
| 7 | And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat. | |
| 8 | And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth. | |
| 9 | And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common. | |
| 10 | And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven; | |
| 11 map | and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea. | |
| 12 | And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man, | |
| 13 map | and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying {to him}, Send {men} to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter, | |
| 14 | who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house. | |
| 15 | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning. | |
| 16 | And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with {the} Holy Spirit. | |
| 17 | If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God? | |
| 18 | And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life. | |
| 19 map | ¶ They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through {the country} to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone. | |
| 20 map | But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus. | |
| 21 | And {the} Lord?s hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. | |
| 22 map | And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch: | |
| 23 | who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord; | |
| 24 | for he was a good man and full of {the} Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd {of people} were added to the Lord. | |
| 25 map | And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul. | |
| 26 map | And having found {him}, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. | |
| 27 map | ¶ Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch; | |
| 28 | and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius. | |
| 29 map | And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister {to them}; | |
| 30 | which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. | |