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And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.
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And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
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If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?
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And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
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Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
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But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.
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And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.
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And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:
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Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
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For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
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Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;