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11:1  Now the emissaries and brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
11:2  But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,
11:3  saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”
11:4  So Peter began explaining to them point by point, saying,
11:5  “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision—something like a great sheet coming down, being lowered from heaven by its four corners, and it came right to me.
11:6  I looked inside, considering it carefully, and saw four-footed creatures of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.
11:7  I also heard a voice saying, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
11:8  “But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! For never has anything unholy or unclean entered my mouth.’
11:9  But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider unholy.’
11:10  This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven.
11:11  “At that very moment, three men arrived at the house where we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
11:12  The Ruach told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
11:13  He reported to us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon called Peter.
11:14  He will speak words to you by which you will be saved—you and all your household.’
11:15  “As I began to speak, the Ruach ha-Kodesh fell on them, just as on us at the beginning.
11:16  And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘John immersed with water, but you will be immersed in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.’
11:17  Therefore if God gave them the same gift as also to us after we put our trust in the Lord Messiah Yeshua, who was I to stand in God’s way?”
11:18  When they heard this they became quiet, and they glorified God, saying, “Then even to the Gentiles God has granted repentance leading to life!”
11:19  Now those scattered because of the persecution that happened in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Judeans.
11:20  However, there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the Lord Yeshua.
11:21  The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
11:22  News about these things reached the ears of the community in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
11:23  When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was thrilled. He encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with heartfelt devotion.
11:24  For Barnabas was a good man, full of the Ruach ha-Kodesh and faith. And a large number was added to the Lord.
11:25  Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to look for Saul,
11:26  and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met together with Messiah’s community and taught a large number. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christianoi.”
11:27  Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
11:28  One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted through the Ruach that there was going to be a great famine over all the world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)
11:29  So the disciples decided to send relief to those brothers and sisters living in Judea, each according to his ability.
11:30  This they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.