A   And the Apostles and brethr&ebar; that were in Iewry, heard þt; the heath&ebar; had also receaued þe; word of God. And wh&ebar; Peter was come vp to Ierusalem. they that were of the circumcisi&obar; contended against hym, sayng: ^note Thou w&ebar;test into men vncircumcised, and dydest eate with them.

But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynning, and expounded it by order vnto them, sayinge: ^note I was in þe; cytie of Ioppa, praying: and in a traunce, I sawe a visyon, a certen vessel descende, as it had bene a great shete, let downe fr&obar; heauen by the foure corners, ∧ it came to me. Into the which wh&ebar; I had fastened myne eyes, I considred, ∧ sawe ^note fourfoted beastes of the earth, and verm&ebar; and wormes, and foules of the ayer. B   And I heard a voyce saying vnto me: aryse Peter, sley, and eate. But I sayde: not so Lorde, for nothynge comen or vncleane hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth. But þe; voyce answered me agayne from heauen: count not þu; those thinges comen, which God hath cl&ebar;sed And this was done thre tymes. And all were taken vp agayne into heauen.

And beholde, immediatly ther were thre men all ready come vnto the house where I was, sent fr&obar; Cesarea vnto me. And the spyrite sayd vnto me, that I shuld go with th&ebar;, without doutynge. Moreouer, ^note these syxe brethren acc&obar;panyed me, and we entred into the mans house. And he shewed vs, howe he had sene an aungel in his house, which stode and sayd to him: send men to Ioppa, and call for Sim&obar;, whose syrname is Peter: he shall tell the wordes, wherby both thou and all thyne house shalbe saued. And as I beganne to preach, þe; holy ghost fell on them, ^note as he dyd on vs at the begynninge. C   Then came it to my remembraunce, howe that the Lorde sayd: ^note Iohn baptised &wt; water, but ye shalbe baptised with the holy ghost. For asmoch then as God gaue th&ebar; lyke gyftes, as he dyd vnto vs, when we beleued on the Lord Ies&us; Chryst: what was I, þt; I shulde haue withstande God? When they heard this, they helde theyr peace, and glorifyed God, sayinge: then hath God also to the Gentyls gra&ubar;ted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

^noteThey also which were scattred abrode thorow the affliccy&obar; that arose about Steuen, walked thorowout vnto Phenices and Cypers, and Antioche, preachinge the worde to no m&abar;, but vnto the Iewes onely some of them were men of Cypers ∧ Siren: which wh&ebar; they were come to Antioche, spake vnto the Grekes, and preached the Lorde Ies&us;. And the hande of the Lorde was with them, ∧ a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the Lorde.

D   Tydinges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the congregacy&obar;, which was in Ierusal&ebar;. And they sent forth Barnabas, þt; he shulde go vnto Antioche. Which when he came, ∧ had sene the grace of God, was glad, ∧ ^note exhorted them all, þt; with purpose of hert, they wold c&obar;tynually cleaue vnto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full of the holy ghost ∧ of faith: and moch people was added vnto þe; Lorde. Then departed Barnabas to Tharsus, for to seke Saul. And wh&ebar; he had founde him, he brought him vnto Antioche.

And it chaunsed that a whole yeare they had their conuersacion with the congregaci&obar; there, and taught moch people: in so moch, þt; the discyples of Antioche were the fyrst that were called Christen.

^noteIn those dayes came prophetes fr&obar; the cytie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche. And there stode vp one of th&ebar; named Agabus, and sygnifyed by the sprete, þt; there shuld be greate derth thorow out all the world, which came to passe in the Emperoure Claudius dayes. Then the disciples euery man accordynge to his abylyte, purposed to sende ^note socour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry. Which thinge they also dyd, and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul.

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