The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

ANd the Apostles / & the brethren that [ A] were thorowout Iewry / harde saye that* 1.1 the hethen had also receaved the wor∣de of God. And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem / they of the circumcision reasoned wyth him sayinge: Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised / and atest with them.

Then Peter began and expounded y^• thin¦ge in order to thē sayinge: I was in the cyte of Ioppa prayinge / and in a traunce I sawe a vision / a certen vessell descende / as it had be¦ne a large lynnyn clothe / let doune from he vin by the fower corners / and it cam to me. Into the which when I had fastened myn eyes / I consydered and sawe fowerfoted beastes of y^• erth / and vermen and wormes / and foules of the ayer. And I herde a voyce sayinge vnto me: aryse Peter / sley & eate. And I sayd: God forbyd lorde / for nothinge comen or vnclene / hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth. But the voyce answered me agayne from heven / [ B] coūt not thou those thinges comē / which god hath clensed. And this was done thre tymes. And all were takin vp agayne into heven.

And beholde immediatly ther were thre

men come vnto the housse where I was / sent from Cesarea vnto me. And the sprete sayde vnto me / that I shuld go with them / with out doutinge. Morover the sixe brethren accom∣panyed me: and we entred into the mās hous∣se. And he shewed vs / how he had sene an an∣gell in his housse / which stod & sayde to him: Send men to Ioppa / and call for Symon / na∣med also Peter: he shall tell the wordes / wher by both thou and all thyne housse shalbe sa∣ved. [ C] And as I begāne to preach / y^• holy goost fell on them / as he dyd on vs at the begynnin¦ge. Then came to my remembraūce y^• wordes of the Lorde / how he sayde: Iohn baptised with water / but ye shalbe baptysed with the holy goost. For as moche then as God gave thē lyke gyftes / as he dyd vnto vs / when we beleved on the Lorde Iesus Christ: what was I that I shuld havewith stonde God? when they hearde this / they helde their peace & glo¦ryfied God / sayinge: then hath God also to [ D] the gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

They which were scattryd abroade thorow the affliccion that arose aboute Steven / wal∣ked thorow oute tyll they came vnto Pheni∣ces & Cypers & Antioche / preachynge y^• wor∣de to no man / but vnto the Iewes only. Some of them were men of Cypers and Syrene / which when they were come into Antioche / spake vnto the Grekes / and preched the Lor∣de Iesus. And the honde of the Lorde was with them / and a greate nombre beleved and turned vnto the Lorde.

Tydinges of these thinges came vnto y^• ea∣res* 1.2 of the congregacion / which was in Ieru∣salem. [ D] And they sente forth Barnabas that he shuld go vnto Antioche. Which when he was come / & had sene the grace of God / was glad / & exhorted them all / that with purpose of hert they wolde continually cleave vnto y^• Lorde. For he was a good man / & full of the holy goost & of faythe: & moche people was ad¦ded vnto the Lorde. Then departed Barna∣bas* 1.3 to Tarsus / for to seke Saul. And when he had founde him / he brought him vnto An∣tioche. And it chaunsed y^• a whole yere they had their conversacion with the congregaciō there / & taught moche people: in somoche that the disciples of Antioche were the fyrst that were called Christen.

In those dayes came Prophete frō Ierusa¦lem vnto Antioche. And ther stode vp one of them / named Agabus / & signified by the spre∣te / that ther shuld be great derth throughou∣te all the worlde / which came to passe in y^• Em¦proure Claudius dayes. Then the disciples every man accordinge to his abilite / purpo∣sed to sende socoure vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry. Which thinge they also dyd / & sent it to the elders / by the hondes of Bar∣nabas & Saul.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The A∣postles were he∣re first ta∣ught and certified by the ho¦ly ghost of the con¦uersion of the genty¦les.
• * 1.2

  Barna∣basis sent to Antio∣che.
• * 1.3

  Barna∣bas seke∣th Paule.