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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Acts 11
¹⁰ This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.
¹¹ And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea.
¹² The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house.
¹³ And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, ’Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here;
¹⁴ and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
¹⁵ And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.
¹⁶ And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ’John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
¹⁷ Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?"
¹⁸ When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life."
¹⁹ So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.
²⁰ But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.