vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/11.json

{
  "1": "Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.",
  "2": "And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those from the circumcision disputed with him;",
  "3": "they said, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "4": "But Peter began to explain to them in an orderly manner, saying,",
  "5": "“I was praying in the city of Joppa, and I saw in a trance a vision of a certain container coming down, like a large sheet being let down from the sky by its four corners, and it came as far as me.",
  "6": "Gazing at it, I looked closely and saw the four-legged animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping animals, and the birds of the sky.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "7": "Then I also heard a voice saying to me, “Having arisen, Peter; kill and eat!”",
  "8": "But I said, “By no means, Lord; for the profane or unclean has never entered into my mouth.”",
  "9": "But the voice answered for a second time from heaven, “What God has cleansed, do not call unclean.”",
  "10": "And this happened three times, and then everything was pulled back up to the sky again.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "11": "And behold, right away three men stood at the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea to me.",
  "12": "And the Spirit told me to go with them, not making any distinction. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the house of the man.",
  "13": "Then he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, “Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter.",
  "14": "He will speak to you a word by which you will be saved—you and all your household.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "15": "But as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them, just as also on us in the beginning.",
  "16": "Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, “John baptized with water; but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "17": "If, therefore, God gave to them the same gift as also to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, able to oppose God?”",
  "18": "And when they heard these things, they became quiet and glorified God, saying, “Then God has given repentance unto life to the Gentiles also.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "19": "Then those who had been scattered from the persecution that happened over Stephen spread as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except only to Jews.",
  "20": "But there were some from them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and spoke also to the Greeks, proclaiming the gospel—the Lord Jesus.",
  "21": "And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "22": "And the report about them came to the ears of the church that was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch.",
  "23": "When he came and saw the grace that is of God, he was glad and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with purpose of heart.",
  "24": "For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a considerable crowd was added to the Lord.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "25": "And he went out to Tarsus to search for Saul.",
  "26": "And when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So indeed it happened that for an entire year they were gathered together with the church and taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "27": "Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.",
  "28": "And one from them, named Agabus, arose and indicated by the Spirit that a great famine was about to occur over the whole world. This happened in the days of Claudius.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "29": "So, the disciples, just as anyone prospered, each of them decided to send to the service to the brothers living in Judea,",
  "30": "which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}