He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, “Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) the word of the Lord.