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Acts 10
⁴⁰ but God raised him to life on the third day. Then God allowed him to appear,
⁴¹ not to the general public, but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
⁴² And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead.
⁴³ He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.”
⁴⁴ Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.
⁴⁵ The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.
⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God. Then Peter asked,
⁴⁷ “Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”
⁴⁸ So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterward Cornelius asked him to stay with them for several days.
Acts 11
¹ Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God.
² But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.