Acts 10:42-48

⁴²Jesus told us to tell them that one day God will take everybody to a big court and Jesus will be the judge. He will judge everybody that is alive, and he will judge everybody that is dead too.

⁴³You see, a long time ago God sent his men to tell his messages, and they all talked about Jesus. They said that if anyone believes in him, God will not blame them for the wrong things they did.”

⁴⁴While Peter was still talking, the Holy Spirit came down and went into all the people that were listening to him.

⁴⁵Peter’s mob there were Jewish Christians, and they were surprised to see God give his Holy Spirit freely to people that were not Jews.

⁴⁶You see, they heard that mob talk in different languages and say that God is great, so they knew that God gave them his spirit. Then Peter said,

⁴⁷“God gave the Holy Spirit to these people too, just like he gave him to us. Now nobody can stop us from baptising them in water, can they?”

⁴⁸So he told the Christians there, “Baptise them, to show that they follow Jesus, the one God sent to save people.” Then those people asked Peter to stay with them for a few more days.