Now the apostles and
brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word
of God. And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision
contended with him, saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with
them!”
But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying: “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.
But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying: “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.
When I observed it intently
and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping
things, and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter;
kill and eat.’
But I said, ‘Not so,
Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’
But the voice answered me
again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’
Now this was done three
times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
At that very moment,
three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from
Caesarea. Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing.
Moreover these six
brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. And he told us how he
had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa,
and call for Simon whose surname is Peter, who will tell you words by which you
and all your household will be saved.’
And as I began to speak,
the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered
the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but you
shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ If therefore God gave them the same
gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I
could withstand God?”
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
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