15. ‘As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
16. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: “John baptised with water, but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.”
17. So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?’
18. When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, ‘So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.’
19. Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed travelled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews.