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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 was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad 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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2Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented 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 ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to 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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4Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around 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 proclaimed to them the Christ.
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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 multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
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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 came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
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8And what joy in the city!
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8There was great joy 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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9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
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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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10to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that 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 listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
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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 preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were 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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13Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was 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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14Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received 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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15who, when they had come down, 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 as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ 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 they 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 Holy 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 also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on 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 silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain 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 neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t 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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22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the 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 in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
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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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24Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to 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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25They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
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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 spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
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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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27He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who 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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28He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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29The Spirit told Philip, "Climb into the chariot."
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29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to 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 to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “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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31He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged 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 the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t 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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33In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare 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 answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? 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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35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
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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 went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping 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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38He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he 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 caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for 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 was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.