Acts of the Apostles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1153

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these statements, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who hearkened to the message; and the circumcised be~ lievers, who had accompanied Peter, were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out upon the Gentiles; for they heard them speaking languages, and exalt- ing God. Ca.n any one

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and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter, who will explain to you the means by which you, as well as all your family, may be saved! ’ And just as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them in the same way as upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered the declaration of the Lord, how He said, ‘ john indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized in Holy Spiritf I If then God has granted the same gift also to them as to our- selves, when they believed upon the

prohibit the water for these to be I Lord jesus Christ, who was I, that I ° baptized, since they have received the Holy Spirit as well as ourselves He then ordered them to be baptized in the Name of ]esus Christ. And they asked him to stay with them for a few days. §2irr’s §::f2ztc2 ef Qhiriilz §2lirbzrs. However, the apostles and brothers

who were resident in judea, learned that the heathen had received the message of God. And when Peter went up to jerusalem, those from the circumcision criticised him, Why do you associate with unoircumcised men, and even eat with them ? ’ But Peterbegan explainingit to

hbl t em, ste y step, saying, ‘ was li in the tovvn of ]oppa praying; and entranced, I saw in a vision some- thing like a large sheet carried by the four corners, descending hom the sky, and coming near to myself. On which gazing, I looked carefully, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the sky. And then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘ Arise, Peter; sacrifice and eatl’ But I replied, ‘ By no means, Sir; for never has anything common or impure entered my mouth! A voice out of the sky then addressed me the second time, ‘ What God has purified is not defiled to you.’ This occurred three times; and all were drawn up again into the sky. And at that moment, three men, sent to me from Cmsarea, approached the house where we ware. The Spirit than instructed me to accompany them without the least hesitation. These six brothers also accompanied me; and entering the man’s house, he related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, ‘Se¤d to ]oppa, should be able to hinder God ? ' the Gentiles conversion into life} mi _mw ® { ' sx: tt I . rg ttm st Stephen, traversed as faras Phmnicia, at Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, Lord jesus. And thehand ofthe Lord was with them; and a large number, having believed, turned to the Lord. , mbz 3***mmH ui §“im’h· And the report concerning them

reached the ears of the assembly in jerusalem. And they commissioned Barnabas to proceed to Antioch; who, the gift of God, and cousoled and encouraged all their hearts to adhere to the Lord`; for he was a genial man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith; and a considerable number were added to the Lord. He then proceeded to Tarsus, to search for Saul; and having found him, he took him to Antioch. So it came about that they were work~ ing together in that assembly for a whole year, and instructed a large number of people; the disciples, too, at Antioch tirst called themselves Christians. At this time, some preachers came

down from jerusalem t0_Antiqch; standing up, announced, through the influence of the Spirit, that a severe famine would come over 1 Acts 1. 5; Man. iu. xx. When they heard this, they were

i Then God has indeed also given to Meantime those dispersed by the

distress that arose on account of Cyprus, and Antioch, delivering the message to none but jews only. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus, and Cyrenians, who, arriving proclaiming the good news of the on arrival, was delighted to witness x6 1 S 20 2·I 22 25 26

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