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Acts 10
Peter Proclaims the Good News
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to God.
You know the message God sent to the children of Israel, proclaiming good news of peace through Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all— you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Judeans and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
And he commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who trusts in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
The Spirit Falls on the Gentiles
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said,
“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” So Peter ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.