010:046 For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling the majesty of God. Then Peter said, 010:047 "Can any one forbid the use of water, and object to these persons being baptized--men who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?" 010:048 And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain with them for a time. 011:001 Now the Apostles, and the brethren in various parts of Judaea, heard that the Gentiles also had received God's Message; 011:002 and, when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision found fault with him. 011:003 "You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them." 011:004 Peter, however, explained the whole matter to them from the beginning. 011:005 "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me. 011:006 Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. 011:007 I also heard a voice saying to me, "`Rise, Peter, kill and eat.' 011:008 "`On no account, Lord,' I replied, `for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.' 011:009 "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "`What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.' 011:010 "This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again out of sight. 011:011 "Now at that very moment three men came to the house where we were, having been sent from Caesarea to find me. 011:012 And the Spirit told me to accompany them without any misgivings. There also went with me these six brethren who are now present, and we reached the Centurion's house. 011:013 Then he described to us how he had seen the angel come and enter his house and say, "`Send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter. 011:014 He will teach you truths by which you and all your family will be saved.'" 011:015 "And," said Peter, "no sooner had I begun to speak than the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He fell upon us at the first. 011:016 Then I remembered the Lord's words, how He used to say, "`John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.' 011:017 "If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, why, who was I to be able to thwart God?" 011:018 This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the goodness of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."