3. They said, “You went into the homes of people who are not circumcised and ate with them!”
4. So Peter explained the whole story to them.
5. He said, “I was in the city of Joppa, and while I was praying, I had a vision. I saw something that looked like a big sheet being lowered from heaven by its four corners. It came very close to me.
6. I looked inside it and saw animals, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds.
7. I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
8. But I said, ‘No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.’
9. But the voice from heaven spoke again, ‘God has made these things clean, so don’t call them unholy.’
23-24. Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and full of faith. When he reached Antioch and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad. He encouraged all the believers in Antioch always to obey the Lord with all their hearts, and many people became followers of the Lord.
25. Then Barnabas went to the city of Tarsus to look for Saul,
26. and when he found Saul, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year Saul and Barnabas met with the church and taught many people there. In Antioch the followers were called Christians for the first time.
27. About that time some prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28. One of them, named Agabus, stood up and spoke with the help of the Holy Spirit. He said, “A very hard time is coming to the whole world. There will be no food to eat.” (This happened when Claudius ruled.)
29. The followers all decided to help the believers who lived in Judea, as much as each one could.
30. They gathered the money and gave it to Barnabas and Saul, who brought it to the elders in Judea.