The apostles and - brothers - vvv throughout - Jude -a soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word - of God.
(So) when Peter - went up to Jerusalem , vvv vvv (the) circumcised (believers) took issue with him
(and) said - , “ You visited ... vvv uncircumcised men and ate with them. ”
But Peter - began (and) explained to them the whole sequence of events - :
“ I was in (the) city of Joppa praying , and in a trance I saw a vision (of) something ... like a large sheet vvv being let down from - heaven by (its) four corners , and it came right down to ... me.
I looked at it {closely} (and) saw ... ... - four-footed animals of the earth , - - wild beasts , - - reptiles , and - birds of the air.
Then ... I heard a voice saying to me , ‘ Get up , Peter - , kill and eat. ’
‘ No , Lord , ’ - I said , ‘ for nothing impure or unclean has {ever} entered ... my - mouth. ’
But the voice spoke from - heaven - a second (time) , - ‘ vvv Do not call anything impure that - God has made clean. ’
- This happened - three times , and everything was drawn back up ... into - heaven.
- Just then ... three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house vvv (where) I was (staying).
- The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. - These six - brothers also went with me , and we entered ... the - man’s home.
- He told us how he had seen - an angel standing in his - house and saying , ‘ Send to Joppa - (for) Simon who is called Peter -.
(He) will convey to you a message by which you and all your - household will be saved. ’
(As) I - - began to speak , the - Holy Spirit fell upon them , just as (He had fallen) upon us at (the) beginning.
Then I remembered the word of the Lord , as He used to say , ‘ John - - baptized with water , but you will be baptized with (the) Holy Spirit.’
So if - God gave them the same gift - (He gave) us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to hinder (the work of) - God ? ”
(When) they heard (this) , ( their objections ) were put to rest , and they glorified - God , saying , “ So then , - God has granted even the Gentiles - repentance unto life. ”
Meanwhile ... those scattered by the persecution - that began with Stephen traveled as far as ... Phoenicia , - Cyprus , and Antioch , speaking the message only ... ... to Jews -.
But some of them , - men from Cyprus and Cyrene , - went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well , proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
- (The) hand of (the) Lord was with them , and (a) great number (of people) - believed (and) turned to the Lord.
(When) - news of this (reached) ... the ears of the church - - in Jerusalem , - they sent Barnabas to ... Antioch.
(When) he arrived and saw the grace of - God , he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their - hearts.
- (Barnabas) was a good man , - full of (the) Holy Spirit and faith , and a great (number of people) were brought to the Lord.
Then (Barnabas) went to Tarsus to look for Saul ,
and (when) he found (him) , he brought (him) back to Antioch. (So) ... (for) a full year they - met together with the church and taught large (Numbers - of people). - The disciples were first called ... Christians at Antioch.
- In those - days (some) prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
- One of them named Agabus stood up (and) predicted through the Spirit (that) a great famine would sweep across the whole world. ( (This) happened under Claudius.)
(So) the disciples , - each - according to his ability , decided to send - relief to the brothers living in - Jude -a.
This ... they did , sending (their gifts) to the elders with ... Barnabas and Saul.