1 And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
2 and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
3 saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
4 But Peter began and set forth {the matter} to them in order, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
6 on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
7 And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
8 And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
9 And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
10 And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
11 and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
12 And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
13 and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying {to him}, Send {men} to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14 who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with {the} Holy Spirit.
17 If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?
18 And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.
19 They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through {the country} to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.
20 But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.
21 And {the} Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22 And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:
23 who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
24 for he was a good man and full of {the} Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd {of people} were added to the Lord.
25 And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.
26 And having found {him}, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27 Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;
28 and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.
29 And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister {to them};
30 which also they did, sending it to the elders 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。