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These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’ <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, <span class="red">‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> </span> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?” <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.” <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">The Church at Antioch<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> (This happened under Claudius.) <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>those of the circumcision</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>common</i>; similarly in verse 9<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>‘John baptized in water, but in a few days you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’</i> <a href="../acts/1.htm#5">Acts 1:5</a><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>the Hellenists</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>the entire Roman world</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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