Acts 11
11:1And the apostles heard, and the brethren being in Judea, that also the nations received the word of God.
11:2And when Peter ascended unto Jerusalem, the ones of the circumcision argued with him,
11:3saying that, To men having an uncircumcised condition -- you entered and ate with them?
11:4And beginning, Peter displayed to them in order, saying,
11:5I was in the city of Joppa praying. And I beheld in a change of state a vision, a certain item coming down as a great piece of cloth, being lowered by four corners from the heaven, and it came as far as me;
11:6on which having gazed upon I contemplated, and I saw the four-footed creatures of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the heaven.
11:7And I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen up, Peter, sacrifice and eat!
11:8And I said, By no means, O Lord, for all common or unclean at no time entered into my mouth.
11:9And the voice responded to me a second time from out of heaven, What God cleansed, you are not to make unclean!
11:10And this happened unto three times, and again it was pulled up all together into the heaven.
11:11And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, ones being sent from Caesarea to me.
11:12And the spirit said to me to come together with them, examining nothing. And went with me also these six brethren, and we entered into the house of the man.
11:13And he reported to us how he beheld the angel in his house, standing and having said to him, Send men unto Joppa, and fetch Simon, the one called Peter!
11:14who shall speak words to you by which you shall be delivered, you and all your house.
11:15And in my beginning to speak, the holy spirit fell upon them as also upon us in the beginning.
11:16And I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in holy spirit.
11:17If then God gave to them the equal present as also to us having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, then I, who was I to be able to restrain God?
11:18And having heard these things, they were still, and they glorified God, saying, It is so indeed that also to the nations God gave repentance unto life.
11:19The ones indeed then being disseminated because of the affliction taking place with Stephen, went unto Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except only to Jews.
11:20And there were certain men of them, Cypriots and Cyrenians, who having entered unto Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, announcing good news -- the Lord Jesus.
11:21And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number having believed, turned unto the Lord.
11:22And the word was heard in the ears of the assembly in Jerusalem concerning them; and they sent out Barnabas to go through unto Antioch.
11:23Who, having come, and having seen the favor of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all to the attention of the heart to remain in the Lord.
11:24For he was a good man, and full of holy spirit and of belief. And a fit multitude was added to the Lord.
11:25And Barnabas went forth unto Tarsus to search out Saul.
11:26And having found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass to them to be gathered with the assembly a whole year, and to teach a fit multitude. And the disciples were first treated as Christians in Antioch.
11:27And in these days came down from Jerusalem prophets unto Antioch.
11:28And having risen, one of them, by name Agabus, signified through the spirit a great famine about to be upon the entire world; which also came to pass under Claudius Caesar.
11:29And the disciples, as any one was well-provided, each of them confirmed for service to send help to the brethren dwelling in Judea;
11:30which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.