These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into
the man's house.
011:013 He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house,
and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon,
whose surname is Peter,
011:014 who will speak to you words by which you will be saved,
you and all your house.'
011:015 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on
us at the beginning.
011:016 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed
baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
011:017 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed
in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
011:018 When they heard these things, they held their peace,
and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted
to the Gentiles repentance to life!"
011:019 They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose
about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
011:020 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they
had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists,{A Hellenist
is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture.} preaching
the Lord Jesus.
011:021 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed
and turned to the Lord.
011:022 The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly
which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go
as far as Antioch,
011:023 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad.
He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should
remain near to the Lord.
011:024 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith,
and many people were added to the Lord.
011:025 Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.
011:026 When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch.
It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered
together with the assembly, and taught many people.
The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
011:027 Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
011:028 One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit
that there should be a great famine all over the world,
which also happened in the days of Claudius.
011:029 As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send
relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
011:030 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands
of Barnabas and Saul.
012:001 Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands
to oppress some of the assembly.
012:002 He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
012:003 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize
Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
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