Acts 15:22-35 - Jon B

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Acts 15:22–35 (ESV)
Acts 15:22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, 
Acts 15:23 with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. 
Acts 15:24 Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, 
Acts 15:25 it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 
Acts 15:26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Acts 15:27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 
Acts 15:28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 
Acts 15:29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.” 
Acts 15:30 So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter. 
Acts 15:31 And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. 
Acts 15:32 And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words. 
Acts 15:33 And after they had spent some time, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. 
Acts 15:35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Acts 11:1-18 - Dan Harper

Acts 11:1–18 (ESV)

Acts 11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
Acts 11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,
Acts 11:3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Acts 11:4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order:
Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.
Acts 11:6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
Acts 11:7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
Acts 11:8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
Acts 11:9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
Acts 11:10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
Acts 11:11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
Acts 11:12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.
Acts 11:13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter;
Acts 11:14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
Acts 11:15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
Acts 11:16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
Acts 11:17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”
Acts 11:18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”