Andtheapostlesandbrethrenthat wereinJudeaheardthattheGentileshad alsoreceivedthewordof God. AndwhenPeterwas come uptoJerusalem, theythat were ofthe circumcisioncontendedwithhim, Saying, Thou wentest intomenuncircumcised, anddidst eat withthem. ButPeterrehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by orderunto them, saying, Iwasinthe cityof Joppapraying: andina tranceI sawa vision, A certainvesseldescend, as it had beena greatsheet, let downfromheavenby fourcorners; andit cameeven tome: Uponthe whichwhen I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, andsawfourfooted beastsof theearth, andwild beasts, andcreeping things, andfowlsof theair. AndI hearda voicesayingunto me, Arise, Peter; slayandeat. ButI said, Not so, Lord: fornothingcommonoruncleanhath at any timeenteredintomymouth. Butthe voiceansweredmeagainfromheaven, WhatGodhath cleansed, that call not thou common. Andthiswas donethree times: andallwere drawn upagainintoheaven. And, behold, immediatelythere were threemenalready comeuntothehousewhereI was, sentfromCaesareauntome. AndtheSpiritbademego withthem, nothingdoubting. Moreoverthesesixbrethrenaccompaniedme, andwe enteredintotheman's house: Andhe showedushowhe had seenan angelinhishouse, which stoodandsaidunto him, SendmentoJoppa, andcall forSimon, whose surname isPeter; Whoshall telltheewords, wherebythouandallthyhouseshall be saved. Andas Ibeganto speak, theHolyGhostfellonthem, asonusatthe beginning. ThenrememberedI thewordof the Lord, howthat he said, Johnindeedbaptized with water; butye shall be baptizedwith the HolyGhost. Forasmuchthenas Godgavethemthelikegiftas he didunto us, who believedontheLordJesusChrist; whatwasI, that I couldwithstandGod? Whenthey heardthese things, they held their peace, andglorifiedGod, saying, ThenhathGodalsoto theGentilesgrantedrepentanceuntolife. Nowthey which were scattered abroaduponthepersecutionthat aroseaboutStephentraveledas far asPhoenicia, andCyprus, andAntioch, preachingthewordto nonebutunto the Jewsonly. Andsomeofthemweremenof CyprusandCyrene, which, when they were cometoAntioch, spakeuntotheGrecians, preachingtheLordJesus. Andthe handof the Lordwaswiththem: anda greatnumberbelieved, and turneduntotheLord. Thentidings of these things cameuntotheearsof thechurchwhichwas inJerusalem: andthey sent forthBarnabas, that he should goas far asAntioch. Who, when he came, andhad seenthegraceof God, was glad, andexhortedthem all, that with purposeof heartthey would cleave untotheLord. Forhe wasa goodman, andfullof the HolyGhostandof faith: andmuchpeoplewas addedunto theLord. ThendepartedBarnabastoTarsus, for to seekSaul: Andwhen he had foundhim, he broughthimuntoAntioch. Andit came to pass, that a wholeyeartheyassembled themselveswiththechurch, andtaughtmuchpeople. Andthediscipleswere calledChristiansfirstinAntioch. AndinthesedayscameprophetsfromJerusalemuntoAntioch. Andthere stood uponeofthemnamedAgabus, and signifiedbythespiritthat there shouldbegreatdearththroughoutalltheworld: whichcame to passin the days ofClaudiusCaesar. Thenthedisciples, every manaccording tohis ability, determinedto sendreliefunto thebrethrenwhich dweltinJudea: Whichalsothey did, and sentit totheeldersbythe handsof BarnabasandSaul.