1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.
2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,
3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.
4 But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,
5 I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:
6 And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.
7 And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.
9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
10 And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.
11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.
12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:
13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;
14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.
15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.
16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?
18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.
21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.
22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:
23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
25 Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;
26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.
27 Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:
30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
1 使徒和在犹太的弟兄们， 听说外族人也接受了 神的道。
2 彼得上到耶路撒冷的时候， 那些守割礼的人与他争论，
3 说： "你竟然到未受割礼的人那里， 跟他们一起吃饭！ "
4 彼得就按着次序向他们讲解， 说：
5 "我在约帕城祷告的时候， 魂游象外， 见到异象： 有一件东西， 好像一块大布， 绑着四角， 从天上降下来， 一直来到我面前。
6 我定睛观察， 看见里面有地上的四足牲畜、走兽， 还有昆虫和天空的飞鸟。
7 我也听见有声音对我说： ‘彼得， 起来， 宰了吃！ ’
8 我说： ‘主啊， 千万不可， 因为俗物或不洁的东西， 从来没有进过我的口。’
9 第二次又有声音从天上回答： ‘ 神所洁净的， 你不可当作俗物。’
10 这样一连三次之后， 所有的东西都拉回天上去了。
11 就在那个时候， 有三个从该撒利亚派到我这里来的人， 站在我住的房子门前。
12 圣灵吩咐我跟他们一起去， 一点也不要疑惑。这六位弟兄也跟我一起去， 我们就进了那人的家。
13 他告诉我们， 他怎样看见天使站在他家里说： ‘派人到约帕去， 请那个名叫彼得的西门来，
14 他有话要告诉你， 使你和你全家都可以得救。’
15 我一开始讲话， 圣灵就降在他们身上， 正像当初降在我们身上一样。
16 我就想起主所说的话： ‘约翰用水施洗， 但你们要受圣灵的洗。’
17 神既然把同样的恩赐给他们， 像给我们这些信了主耶稣基督的人一样， 我是谁， 我能够阻止 神吗？"
18 众人听见这些话， 就默然无声， 把荣耀归给 神， 说： "这样看来， 神也把悔改的心赐给外族人， 使他们得生命。"
19 那些因司提反事件遭受苦难而四散的门徒， 一直走到腓尼基、塞浦路斯、安提阿； 他们不对别人传讲， 只对犹太人传讲。
20 但其中有些塞浦路斯人和古利奈人， 来到安提阿， 也对希腊人传讲主耶稣。
21 主的手与他们同在， 信而归主的人就多起来。
22 这事传到耶路撒冷教会的耳中， 他们就派巴拿巴到安提阿去。
23 他到了那里， 看见 神所施的恩， 就很欢喜， 劝勉众人坚心靠主。
24 巴拿巴是个好人， 满有圣灵和信心， 于是许多人归了主。
25 后来他到大数去找扫罗，
26 找到了， 就带他来安提阿。足足有一年， 他们一同在教会聚集， 教导了许多人。门徒称为基督徒， 是从安提阿开始的。
27 那时， 有几位先知从耶路撒冷下到安提阿。
28 其中有一个名叫亚迦布的站起来， 借着圣灵指出天下将要有大饥荒； 这事在革老丢时期果然发生了。
29 于是门徒决定按着各人的力量捐款， 好送给住在犹太的弟兄。
30 他们就这样行了， 由巴拿巴和扫罗经手送到长老们那里。