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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
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And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
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If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?"
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When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."
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Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoeni'cia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews.
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But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyre'ne, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
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And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord.
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News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
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When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;
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for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord.
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So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul;