12. And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
13. and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14. who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15. And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
16. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.
17. If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?
18. And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.
19. They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.
20. But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.
21. And the Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22. And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch: