34
Then Peter began to speak:
'I
NOW REALIZE HOW TRUE IT IS
THAT
GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM
35
BUT ACCEPTS MEN FROM EVERY NATION
WHO
FEAR HIM
AND
DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
36
THIS IS THE MESSAGE
GOD
SENT TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL,
TELLING
THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE
THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST,
WHO
IS LORD OF ALL.
37
YOUR KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED
THROUGHOUT
JUDEA,
BEGINNING
IN GALILEE
AFTER
THE BAPTISM THAT JOHN PREACHED--
38
HOW GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH
WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND POWER,
AND
HOW HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD
AND
HEALING ALL
WHO
WERE UNDER THE POWER OF THE DEVIL,
BECAUSE
GOD WAS WITH HIM.
39
We are Witnesses of everything he did
In
the Country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
THEY
KILLED HIM ON A TREE,
40
BUT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD
ON
THE THIRD DAY
AND
CAUSED HIM TO BE SEEN.
42
HE WAS NOT SEEN BY ALL THE PEOPLE,
BUT
BY WITNESSES
WHOM
GOD HAD ALREADY CHOSEN--
BY
US WHO ATE AND DRANK WITH HIM
AFTER
HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
43
ALL THE PROPHETS TESTIFY ABOUT HIM
THAT
EVERYONE WHO BELEIVES IN HIM
RECEIVES
FORGIENESS OF SINS
THROUGH
HIS NAME.'
44
WHILE PETER WAS STILL SPEAKING THESE WORDS,
THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON ALL WHO HEARD THE MESSAGE.
45
THE CIRCUMCISED BELEIVERS
WHO
HAD COME WITH PETER WERE ASTONISHED
THAT
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
HAD
BEEN POURED OUT EVEN ON THE GENTILES.
46
FOR THEY HEARD THEM SPEAKING IN TONGUES
AND
PRAISING GOD.
Then
Peter said,
47
'CAN ANYONE KEEP THESE PEOPLE
FROM
BEING BAPTIZED WITH WATER?'
THEY
HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT
JUST
AS WE HAVE.'
44
So he order that they be Baptized
IN
THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
Then
they asked Peter
To
stay with them for a few days.
(Acts
10:34-44)
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