1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2And when Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him, 3saying, You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them. 4But Peter began, and explained the matter to them in order, saying, 5I 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 from heaven by four corners; and it came right down to me: 6upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven. 7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat. 8But I said, By no means, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth. 9But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not call common. 10And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11And behold, at that moment three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Cæsarea to me. 12And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. And these six brothers also accompanied me; and we entered into the man’s house: 13and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and bring Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14who shall speak to you words by which you shall be saved, you and all your house. 15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit. 17If then God gave to them the same gift as he did also to us, when we believed in the Lord Yeshua Messiah, who was I, that I could withstand God? 18And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also has God granted repentance to life. 19So those who were scattered abroad because of the tribulation that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except only to Jews. 20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Yeshua. 21And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. 22And the report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem: and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch: 23who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cling to the Lord: 24for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and many people were added to the Lord. 25And he went out to Tarsus to look for Saul; 26and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. 27Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world: which happened in the days of Claudius. 29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judæa: 30which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.