Ælfric

“ After that when Peter came to the Christian congregation
at Jerusalem, then the brethren asked him,
they of the Jewish nation who believed in Christ,
' Why wentest thou to the heathen and didst eat in their house?'
The Jews thought that they alone were
chosen of God, and therefore so spake.
In old days, under Moses' Law,
the Jews would not come near the heathen,
nor eat with them, and very rightly then,
because they themselves believed in the living God,
and the heathen believed in the false gods,
which were not gods but horrible devils. ”

“ Then arose the bedridden, loosed by Peter,
he who hath the power to unloose
the fast knots of olden sins
in those that with repentance earnestly beseech him
to intercede for them to the Saviour Christ.
Then believed the men of the city, through the healing of the bed-ridden,
in the true God, and submitted to baptism,
and those of Saron did likewise.
There was a city hight Joppa, nigh at hand to Lydda,
wherein was a widow, a very true believer,
called Tabitha, very diligent in alms-deeds,
and adorned exceedingly with good works ”

“ The Jews wished now to hold their customs S
after their baptism, and to contemn the heathen.
Then began St. Peter to relate to them all
what God had showed him before ho came thither,
and how the Holy Ghost came upon the heathen, and said,
"If God gave them the gift of the Holy Ghost
as unto us at the beginning in fiery tongues,
what manner of man am I, that I could forbid God?
Then the Jews were silent after they had heard this,
and glorified God, in that He willed to grant
to the heathen repentance unto the heavenly life. ”