1 WYC And the apostlis, and the britheren that weren in Judee, herden that also hethene men resseyueden the word of God, and thei glorifieden God. BSB BSB: The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 WYC But whanne Petre cam to Jerusalem, thei that weren of circumcisioun, disputiden ayens hym, BSB BSB: So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
3 WYC and seiden, Whi entridist thou to men that han prepucie, and hast eete with hem? BSB BSB: and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
4 WYC And Petre bigan, and expownede to hem bi ordre, BSB BSB: But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
5 WYC and seide, Y was in the citee of Joppe, and preiede, and Y sai in rauysching of my mynde a visioun, that a vessel cam doun, as a greet scheete with foure coordis, and was sent doun fro heuene; and it cam to me. BSB BSB: “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
6 WYC In to which Y lokinge biheld, and sai foure footid beestis of the erthe, and beestis, and crepynge beestis, and volatils of heuene. BSB BSB: I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
7 WYC And Y herde also a vois that seide to me, Petre, rise thou, and sle, and eete. BSB BSB: Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
8 WYC But Y seide, Nay, Lord; for comyn thing ether vnclene entride neuer in to my mouth. BSB BSB: ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 WYC And the vois answeride the secounde tyme fro heuene, That thing that God hath clensid, seie thou not vnclene. BSB BSB: But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
10 WYC And this was don bi thries, and alle thingis weren resseyued ayen in to heuene. BSB BSB: This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
11 WYC And lo! thre men anoon stooden in the hous, in which Y was; and thei weren sent fro Cesarie to me. BSB BSB: Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
12 WYC And the spirit seide to me, that Y schulde go with hem, and doute no thing. Yhe, and these sixe britheren camen with me, and we entriden in to the hous of the man. BSB BSB: The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
14 WYC in whiche thou schalt be saaf, and al thin hous. BSB BSB: He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
15 WYC And whanne Y hadde bigunnun to speke, the Hooli Goost felle on hem, as in to vs in the bigynnyng. BSB BSB: As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
16 WYC And Y bithouyte on the word of the Lord, as he seide, For Joon baptiside in watir, but ye schulen be baptisid in the Hooli Goost. BSB BSB: Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 WYC Therfor if God yaf to hem the same grace, as to vs that bileueden in the Lord Jhesu Crist, who was Y, that myyte forbeede the Lord, that he yyue not the Hooli Goost to hem that bileueden in the name of Jhesu Crist? BSB BSB: So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
18 WYC Whanne these thingis weren herd, thei helden pees, and glorifieden God, and seiden, Therfor also to hethene men God hath youun penaunce to lijf. BSB BSB: When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
19 WYC And thei that weren scaterid of the tribulacioun that was maad vndir Steuene, walkiden forth to Fenyce, and to Cipre, and to Antioche, and spaken the word to no man, but to Jewis aloone. BSB BSB: Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
21 WYC And the hond of the Lord was with hem, and myche noumbre of men bileuynge was conuertid to the Lord. BSB BSB: The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
22 WYC And the word cam to the eris of the chirche, that was at Jerusalem, on these thingis; and thei senten Barnabas to Antioche. BSB BSB: When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
23 WYC And whanne he was come, and siy the grace of the Lord, he ioyede, and monestide alle men to dwelle in the Lord in purpos of herte; BSB BSB: When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
24 WYC for he was a good man, and ful of the Hooli Goost, and of feith. And myche puple was encresid to the Lord. BSB BSB: Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
25 WYC And he wente forth to Tharsis, to seke Saul; and whanne he hadde foundun hym, he ledde to Antioche. BSB BSB: Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
26 WYC And al a yeer thei lyueden ther in the chirche, and tauyten myche puple, so that the disciplis weren namyd first at Antioche cristen men. BSB BSB: and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
27 WYC And in these daies profetis camen ouer fro Jerusalem to Antioche. BSB BSB: In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 WYC And oon of hem roos vp, Agabus bi name, and signefiede bi the spirit a greet hungur to comynge in al the world, which hungur was maad vndur Claudius. BSB BSB: One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
29 WYC And alle the disciplis purposiden, after that ech hadde, for to sende in to mynysterie to britheren that dwelliden in Judee. BSB BSB: So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
30 WYC Which thing also thei diden, and sente it to the eldre men, bi the hoondis of Barnabas and Saul. BSB BSB: This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
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