1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had received the word of God.
2 And when Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,
3 saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
4 But Peter began and set it out to them in order, saying,
5 "I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain vessel descending like a great sheet let down out of heaven by four corners, and it came even to me.
6 When I had looked at it intently, I considered it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'
8 But I said, 'Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.'
9 But a voice answered me a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed, do not call common.'
10 And this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And at that very moment three men stood at the house where I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brothers went with me, and we entered the man's house.
13 And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, 'Send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14 who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.'
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as on us at the beginning.
16 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.'
17 If then God gave them the like gift as he did to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
18 When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "So then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance that brings life."
19 Now those who had been scattered abroad by the tribulation that arose over Stephen went through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.
20 But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22 And news of them came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch.
23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to hold fast to the Lord with purpose of heart;
24 for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord.
25 Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus to seek Saul,
26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a large crowd; and the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
27 In those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 And one of them, named Agabus, stood up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world; and it came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29 And the disciples, each according to his means, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.