Acts 11:1-18 And the Apostles and brethren that were in Iewry, heard that the heathen had also receaued the word of God.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And the Apostles and brethren that were in Iewry, heard that the heathen had also receaued the word of God. ² And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem. they that were of the circumcision contended against hym, ³ sayng: Thou wentest into men vncircumcised, and dydest eate with them. ⁴ But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynning, and expounded it by order vnto them, sayinge: ⁵ I was in the cytie of Ioppa, praying: and in a traunce, I sawe a visyon, a certen vessel descende, as it had bene a great shete, let downe from heauen by the foure corners, & it came to me. ⁶ Into the which when I had fastened myne eyes, I considred, & sawe fourfoted beastes of the earth, and vermen and wormes, and foules of the ayer. ⁷ And I heard a voyce saying vnto me: aryse Peter, sley, and eate. ⁸ But I sayde: not so Lorde, for nothynge comen or vncleane hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth. ⁹ But the voyce answered me agayne from heauen: count not thou those thinges comen, which God hath clensed ¹⁰ And this was done thre tymes. And all were taken vp agayne into heauen. ¹¹ And beholde, immediatly ther were thre men all ready come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me. ¹² And the spyrite sayd vnto me, that I shuld go with them, without doutynge. Moreouer, these syxe brethren accompanyed me, and we entred into the mans house. ¹³ And he shewed vs, howe he had sene an aungel in his house, which stode and sayd to him: send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose syrname is Peter: ¹⁴ he shall tell the wordes, wherby both thou and all thyne house shalbe saued. ¹⁵ And as I beganne to preach, the holy ghost fell on them, as he dyd on vs at the begynninge. ¹⁶ Then came it to my remembraunce, howe that the Lorde sayd: Iohn baptised wt water, but ye shalbe baptised with the holy ghost. ¹⁷ For asmoch then as God gaue them lyke gyftes, as he dyd vnto vs, when we beleued on the Lord Iesus Chryst: what was I, that I shulde haue withstande God? ¹⁸ When they heard this, they helde theyr peace, and glorifyed God, sayinge: then hath God also to the Gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.