Acts 10:44-11:19

New American Standard Bible

⁴⁴ While Peter was still speaking these words, ^(A)the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the ^[a]message. ^45 (B)All the ^[b]Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been ^(C)poured out on the Gentiles. ⁴⁶ For they were hearing them ^(D)speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter responded, ⁴⁷ “^(E)Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized, who ^(F)have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?” ⁴⁸ And he ^(G)ordered them to be baptized ^(H)in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days.

Peter Reports in Jerusalem

11 Now the apostles and ^(I)the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. ² And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, ^[c](J)the Jewish believers took issue with him, ³ saying, “^(K)You ^[d]went to ^[e]uncircumcised men and ate with them.” ⁴ But Peter began and explained at length to them ^(L)in an orderly sequence, saying, ⁵ “^(M)I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw ^(N)a vision, an ^[f]object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came to where I was, ⁶ and I stared at it and was thinking about it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild animals, the ^[g]crawling creatures, and the birds of the sky. ⁷ I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; ^[h]kill and eat.’ ⁸ But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing ^[i]unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ ⁹ But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘^(O)What God has cleansed, no longer ^[j]consider unholy.’ ¹⁰ This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky. ¹¹ And behold, at that moment three men who had been sent to me from ^(P)Caesarea came up to the house where we were staying. ^12 (Q)And the Spirit told me to go with them ^(R)without ^[k]misgivings. ^(S)These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. ¹³ And he reported to us how he had seen the angel ^[l]standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send some men to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here; ¹⁴ and he will speak ^(T)words to you by which you will be saved, you and ^(U)all your household.’ ¹⁵ And as I began to speak, ^(V)the Holy Spirit fell upon them just ^(W)as He did upon us at the beginning. ¹⁶ And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘^(X)John baptized with water, but you will be baptized ^[m]with the Holy Spirit.’ ¹⁷ Therefore, if ^(Y)God gave them the same gift as He also gave to us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, ^(Z)who was I that I could ^[n]stand in God’s way?” ¹⁸ When they heard this, they ^[o]quieted down and ^(AA)glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has also granted to the Gentiles the ^(AB)repentance that leads to life.”

The Church in Antioch

^19 (AC)So then those who were scattered because of the ^[p]persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way ^[q]to ^(AD)Phoenicia, ^(AE)Cyprus, and ^(AF)Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.