Acts 11:1-30 MEV

[1] The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. [2] So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised disputed with him, [3] saying, "You went in and ate with uncircumcised men!" [4] Peter began explaining it to them in order, saying, [5] "I was in the city of Joppa praying. And in a trance I saw a vision: A vessel like a great sheet was descending, let down from heaven by four corners, and it came to me. [6] I considered what I had observed and saw four-footed creatures and wild beasts and reptiles and birds of the air. [7] Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' [8] "I said, 'Not at all, Lord. For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.' [9] "The voice answered from heaven a second time, 'What God has cleansed, do not call common.' [10] This happened three times. And again everything was taken up into heaven. [11] "And immediately three men sent from Caesarea to me came to the house where I was. [12] The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. Moreover these six brothers came with me, and we entered the man's house. [13] He told us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, 'Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter. [14] He will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.' [15] "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as He fell on us at the beginning. [16] Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, 'John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' [17] If then God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?" [18] When they heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then God has granted to the Gentiles also repentance unto life." [19] Now those who were scattered by the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the word to no one except Jews. [20] Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. [21] The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. [22] News of these things came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. [23] When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart. [24] For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And many people were added to the Lord. [25] Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul. [26] When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. [27] In these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. [28] One of them, named Agabus, stood up and prophesied by the Spirit that there would be a great famine throughout all the world, which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. [29] Then every disciple, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea. [30] Indeed they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.