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Atos 8 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
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1That set off a terrific persecution of the church in Jerusalem. The believers were all scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. All, that is, but the apostles.
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1Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen's death. And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
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2Good and brave men buried Stephen, giving him a solemn funeral—not many dry eyes that day!
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2Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned greatly over him .
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3And Saul just went wild, devastating the church, entering house after house after house, dragging men and women off to jail.
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3But Saul began ravaging the church ; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.
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4Forced to leave home base, the Christians all became missionaries. Wherever they were scattered, they preached the Message about Jesus.
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4Now those who had been scattered went from place to place preaching the word .
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5Going down to a Samaritan city, Philip proclaimed the Message of the Messiah.
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5Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) to them.
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6When the people heard what he had to say and saw the miracles, the clear signs of God's action, they hung on his every word.
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6The crowds gathered and were paying close attention to everything Philip said, as they heard and saw the signs which he was doing .
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7Many who could neither stand nor walk were healed that day. The evil spirits protested loudly as they were sent on their way.
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7For unclean spirits (demons), shouting loudly, were coming out of many who were possessed; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
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8And what joy in the city!
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8So there was great rejoicing in that city.
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9Previous to Philip's arrival, a certain Simon had practiced magic in the city, posing as a famous man and dazzling all the Samaritans with his wizardry.
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9Now there was a man named Simon, who previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
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10He had them all, from little children to old men, eating out of his hand. They all thought he had supernatural powers, and called him "the Great Wizard."
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10They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of God!"
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11He had been around a long time and everyone was more or less in awe of him.
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11They were paying attention to him because for a long time he had mystified and dazzled them with his magic.
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12But when Philip came to town announcing the news of God's kingdom and proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ, they forgot Simon and were baptized, becoming believers right and left!
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12But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, both men and women.
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13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. From that moment he was like Philip's shadow, so fascinated with all the God-signs and miracles that he wouldn't leave Philip's side.
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13Even Simon believed ; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he watched the attesting signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.
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14When the apostles in Jerusalem received the report that Samaria had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John down
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14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
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15to pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
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15They came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
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16Up to this point they had only been baptized in the name of the Master Jesus; the Holy Spirit hadn't yet fallen on them.
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16for He had not yet fallen on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus .
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17Then the apostles laid their hands on them and they did receive the Holy Spirit.
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17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them , and they received the Holy Spirit.
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18When Simon saw that the apostles by merely laying on hands conferred the Spirit, he pulled out his money, excited,
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18Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
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19and said, "Sell me your secret! Show me how you did that! How much do you want? Name your price!"
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19saying, "Give me this authority and power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."
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20Peter said, "To hell with your money! And you along with it. Why, that's unthinkable—trying to buy God's gift!
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20But Peter said to him, "May your money be destroyed along with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
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21You'll never be part of what God is doing by striking bargains and offering bribes.
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21You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart (motive, purpose) is not right before God.
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22Change your ways—and now! Ask the Master to forgive you for trying to use God to make money.
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22So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
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23I can see this is an old habit with you; you reek with money-lust."
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23For I see that you are provoked by bitterness and bound by sin."
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24"Oh!" said Simon, "pray for me! Pray to the Master that nothing like that will ever happen to me!"
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24But Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me both of you, so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me."
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25And with that, the apostles were on their way, continuing to witness and spread the Message of God's salvation, preaching in every Samaritan town they passed through on their return to Jerusalem.
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25So, when Peter and John had given their testimony and preached the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, preaching the good news in many Samaritan villages .
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26Later God's angel spoke to Philip: "At noon today I want you to walk over to that desolate road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza."
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26But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south to the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza." (This is a desert road).
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27He got up and went. He met an Ethiopian eunuch coming down the road. The eunuch had been on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was returning to Ethiopia, where he was minister in charge of all the finances of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians.
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27So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch , a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,
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28He was riding in a chariot and reading the prophet Isaiah.
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28and he was returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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29The Spirit told Philip, "Climb into the chariot."
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29Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."
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30Running up alongside, Philip heard the eunuch reading Isaiah and asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
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30Philip ran up and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah, and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
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31He answered, "How can I without some help?" and invited Philip into the chariot with him.
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31And he said, "Well, how could I unless someone guides me ?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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32The passage he was reading was this: As a sheep led to slaughter, and quiet as a lamb being sheared, He was silent, saying nothing.
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32Now this was the passage of Scripture which he was reading: "Like a sheep He was led to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He does not open His mouth.
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33He was mocked and put down, never got a fair trial. But who now can count his kin since he's been taken from the earth?
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33"In humiliation His judgment was taken away . Who will describe His generation? For His life is taken from the earth."
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34The eunuch said, "Tell me, who is the prophet talking about: himself or some other?"
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34The eunuch replied to Philip, "Please tell me, about whom does the prophet say this? About himself or about someone else?"
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35Philip grabbed his chance. Using this passage as his text, he preached Jesus to him.
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35Then Philip spoke and beginning with this Scripture he preached Jesus to him .
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36As they continued down the road, they came to a stream of water. The eunuch said, "Here's water. Why can't I be baptized?"
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36As they continued along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch exclaimed, "Look! Water! What forbids me from being baptized?"
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38He ordered the chariot to stop. They both went down to the water, and Philip baptized him on the spot.
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38And he ordered that the chariot be stopped; and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
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39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of God suddenly took Philip off, and that was the last the eunuch saw of him. But he didn't mind. He had what he'd come for and went on down the road as happy as he could be.
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39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away ; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but he went on his way rejoicing.
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40Philip showed up in Azotus and continued north, preaching the Message in all the villages along that route until he arrived at Caesarea.
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40But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the good news to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea .