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Acts 8
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Acts 8
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8 And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Philip in Samaria
4 Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) 5 Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) 8 So there was great joy in that city.
Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)
Philip and the Ethiopian
26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)
Hechos 8
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Hechos 8
Palabra de Dios para Todos
8 También Saulo estuvo de acuerdo con el asesinato de Esteban.
Persecución contra los creyentes
A partir de ese día empezó una gran persecución contra la iglesia de Jerusalén. Toda la iglesia huyó a diferentes lugares de Judea y Samaria. Sólo los apóstoles se quedaron en Jerusalén. 2 Unos hombres piadosos enterraron a Esteban y lloraron mucho por él. 3 Saulo también trataba de destruir al grupo, entraba en las casas donde se reunían, sacaba tanto a hombres como a mujeres y los metía en la cárcel. 4 Sin embargo, todos los que huían iban anunciado el mensaje de las buenas noticias de salvación por dondequiera que iban.
Felipe anuncia el mensaje en Samaria
5 Felipe[a] fue a la ciudad de Samaria y allí anunció el mensaje acerca del Mesías. 6 Un gran número de samaritanos escuchaba a Felipe, veía las señales milagrosas que hacía y le prestaba mucha atención a su mensaje. 7 Muchos que tenían espíritus malignos fueron sanados; los espíritus les salían dando alaridos. También fueron sanados muchos inválidos y paralíticos. 8 Los habitantes de esa ciudad estaban muy contentos.
9 Había un hombre llamado Simón que practicaba la brujería. Él tenía muy impresionada a la gente de Samaria, pretendiendo ser un gran personaje. 10 Todos, importantes o no, le prestaban atención y decían: «Este hombre es “el gran poder divino”». 11 Simón los tenía tan impresionados con sus brujerías que la gente lo seguía. 12 Pero cuando Felipe le anunció al pueblo las buenas noticias del reino de Dios y del poder de Jesucristo, tanto hombres como mujeres le creyeron a Felipe y fueron bautizados. 13 Simón mismo creyó y fue bautizado. Seguía a Felipe muy de cerca, asombrado también con las maravillas tan poderosas y las señales milagrosas que Felipe hacía.
14 Cuando los apóstoles supieron en Jerusalén que los de Samaria había aceptado la palabra de Dios, les enviaron a Pedro y a Juan. 15 Cuando llegaron a Samaria después de bajar de Jerusalén, Pedro y Juan oraron para que los creyentes de Samaria recibieran el Espíritu Santo, 16 porque el Espíritu no había venido sobre ninguno de ellos. Solamente se habían bautizado en el nombre del Señor Jesús. 17 Después de orar, Pedro y Juan les impusieron las manos y recibieron el Espíritu Santo.
18 Al ver Simón que el Espíritu Santo se daba cuando Pedro y Juan imponían las manos, les ofreció dinero a los apóstoles 19 y les dijo:
—Denme ese poder para que a quien yo le imponga las manos reciba el Espíritu Santo.
20 Entonces Pedro le respondió:
—¡Púdrete con tu dinero! ¿Pensaste que podías comprar el don de Dios? 21 No tienes arte ni parte en nuestro trabajo porque Dios sabe que tienes la mente retorcida. 22 ¡Abandona tu maldad! Pídele al Señor que perdone tus malas intenciones. 23 Veo que estás lleno de amargura y de envidia, vives atado por el pecado.
24 Entonces Simón contestó:
—Pidan por mí al Señor, para que no me pase nada de lo que ustedes han dicho.
25 Una vez que los apóstoles dieron testimonio de lo que sabían de Jesucristo y anunciaron el mensaje del Señor, regresaron a Jerusalén. Por el camino, entraron a muchos pueblos samaritanos y anunciaron la buena noticia de salvación.
Felipe y el funcionario de Etiopía
26 Un ángel del Señor le habló a Felipe: «Prepárate para ir al sur por el camino que baja de Jerusalén a Gaza, el camino que cruza el desierto». 27 Entonces Felipe fue y encontró a un eunuco etíope, funcionario de la Candace, o sea la reina de Etiopía. Él estaba a cargo de todos los tesoros de ella y había viajado a Jerusalén para adorar a Dios. 28 Ahora regresaba a casa, sentado en su carruaje y leyendo el libro del profeta Isaías. 29 El Espíritu le dijo a Felipe: «Ve y acércate a ese carruaje». 30 Felipe corrió hacia el carruaje y escuchó al funcionario leyendo el libro del profeta Isaías. Entonces Felipe le dijo:
—¿Entiendes lo que lees?
31 El funcionario le dijo:
—¿Cómo voy a entenderlo sin tener quien me lo explique?
Entonces el funcionario invitó a Felipe para que subiera y se sentara con él. 32 La parte de la Escritura que estaba leyendo era esta:
«Fue llevado como oveja al matadero;
como un cordero que no se queja
cuando le cortan la lana, no dijo nada.
33 (A)Fue humillado y le quitaron todos sus derechos.
Su vida en la tierra terminó;
no habrá ningún relato acerca de sus descendientes».[b]
34 El funcionario le preguntó a Felipe:
—Por favor dime, ¿de quién está hablando el profeta? ¿Está hablando de él mismo o de otra persona?
35 Entonces Felipe comenzó a hablar. Empezó desde esta misma Escritura y le contó la buena noticia acerca de Jesús. 36 Mientras viajaban por el camino, llegaron a un lugar donde había agua, y el funcionario dijo:
—Mira, aquí hay agua; ¿qué me impide ser bautizado? 37 [c]
38 Entonces el funcionario ordenó que detuvieran el carruaje, y ambos, Felipe y el funcionario, entraron al agua y Felipe lo bautizó. 39 Cuando salieron del agua, el Espíritu del Señor se llevó a Felipe. El funcionario ya no lo volvió a ver y siguió muy feliz su camino. 40 Felipe apareció en la ciudad de Azoto, y anunció la buena noticia de salvación por todos los pueblos por donde pasaba en su viaje, hasta que llegó a Cesarea.
Acts 8
English Standard Version
Acts 8
English Standard Version
Saul Ravages the Church
8 And (A)Saul (B)approved of his execution.
And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and (C)they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But (D)Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he (E)dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria
4 Now (F)those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 (G)Philip went down to the city[a] of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 (H)And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him (I)and saw the signs that he did. 7 For (J)unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So (K)there was much joy in that city.
Simon the Magician Believes
9 But there was a man named Simon, (L)who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, (M)saying that he himself was somebody great. 10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, (N)“This man is the power of God that is called (O)Great.” 11 And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had (P)amazed them with his magic. 12 But when (Q)they believed Philip as he preached good news (R)about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, (S)they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And (T)seeing signs and (U)great miracles[b] performed, (V)he was amazed.
14 Now when (W)the apostles at Jerusalem heard that (X)Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them (Y)that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for (Z)he had not yet (AA)fallen on any of them, but (AB)they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then (AC)they laid their hands on them and (AD)they received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, (AE)“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God (AF)with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for (AG)your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, (AH)if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in (AI)the gall[c] of bitterness and in (AJ)the bond of iniquity.” 24 And Simon answered, (AK)“Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, (AL)preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
26 Now (AM)an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south[d] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an (AN)Ethiopian, a (AO)eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, (AP)who was in charge of all her treasure. (AQ)He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, (AR)“How can I, unless someone (AS)guides me?” And (AT)he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:
(AU)“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he opens not his mouth.
33 In his (AV)humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”
34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and (AW)beginning with this Scripture (AX)he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! (AY)What prevents me from being baptized?”[e] 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, (AZ)the Spirit of the Lord (BA)carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Footnotes
- Acts 8:5 Some manuscripts a city
- Acts 8:13 Greek works of power
- Acts 8:23 That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile
- Acts 8:26 Or go at about noon
- Acts 8:36 Some manuscripts add all or most of verse 37: And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
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