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Acts 11 - Read-Along · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Acts Chapter 11. Now the apostles and the
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  brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles
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  also had received the word of God.
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  And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were
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  circumcised took issue with him, saying, You went to
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  uncircumcised men and ate with them.
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  But Peter began speaking and proceeded to explain that to
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  them in orderly sequence, saying, I was in the city of
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  Joppa praying and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming
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  down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky,
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  and it came right down to me. And when I had fixed my gaze on
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  it and was observing it, I saw the four footed animals of the
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  earth, and the wild beasts, and the crawling creatures, and the
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  birds of the air. I also heard a voice saying to
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  me, Get up, Peter, kill and eat. But I said, by no means, Lord,
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  for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.
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  But a voice from heaven answered a second time.
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  What God has cleansed no longer consider unholy.
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  This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up
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  into the sky. And behold, at that moment three
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  men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having
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  been sent to me from Caesarea. The Spirit told me to go with
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  them without misgivings. These six brethren also went
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  with me, and we entered the man's house.
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  And he reported to us how he had seen the Angel standing in his
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  house and saying, Send to Joppa, and have Simon, who is also
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  called Peter, brought here, and he will speak words to you, by
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  which you will be saved, you and all your household.
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  And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just
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  as he did upon us at the beginning.
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  And I remember the word of the Lord, how he used to say, John
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  baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy
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  Spirit. Therefore, if God gave to them
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  the same gift as He gave to us also, after believing in the
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  Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?
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  When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God,
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  saying, well then God has granted to the Gentiles also the
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  repentance that leads to life. So then those who were scattered
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  because of the persecution that occurred in connection with
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  Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and
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  Antioch, speaking the word to no one except the Jews alone.
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  But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came
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  to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the
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  Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was
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  with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
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  The news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem,
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  and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch.
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  Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he
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  rejoiced, and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to
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  remain true to the Lord, for he was a good man, and full of the
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  Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were
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  brought to the Lord. And he left for Tarsus to look
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  for Saul. And when he had found him, he
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  brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met
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  with the church and taught considerable numbers.
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  And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
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  Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to
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  Antioch. One of them, named Agabus, stood
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  up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would
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  certainly be a great famine all over the world.
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  And this took place in the reign of Claudius.
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  And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each
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  of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of
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  the brethren living in Judea. And this they did, sending it in
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  charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders.