Acts 13
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Barnabas and Saul Sent from Antioch by the Holy Spirit
13 Now there were at (A)Antioch, in the (B)church that was there, (C)prophets and (D)teachers: (E)Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of (F)Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with (G)Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 And while they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, (H)the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me (I)Barnabas and Saul for (J)the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, when they had fasted and (K)prayed and (L)laid their hands on them, (M)they sent them away.
On Cyprus
4 So, being (N)sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to (O)Cyprus. 5 And when they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in (P)the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had (Q)John as their helper. 6 And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a (R)magician, a Jewish (S)false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the (T)proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the (U)magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the (V)proconsul away from (W)the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also known as Paul, [a](X)filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him, 10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you (Y)son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked (Z)the straight ways of the [b]Lord? 11 Now, behold, (AA)the hand of the [c]Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. 12 Then the (AB)proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being astonished at (AC)the teaching of the Lord.
In Pisidian Antioch
13 Now after Paul and his companions set sail from (AD)Paphos, they came to (AE)Perga in (AF)Pamphylia, but (AG)John left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14 But going on from Perga, they arrived at (AH)Pisidian (AI)Antioch. And on (AJ)the Sabbath day, they went into (AK)the synagogue and sat down. 15 And after (AL)the reading of the Law and (AM)the Prophets (AN)the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” 16 So Paul stood up, and (AO)motioning with his hand said,
“Men of Israel, and (AP)you who fear God, listen: 17 The God of this people Israel (AQ)chose our fathers and [d](AR)lifted up the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm (AS)He led them out from it. 18 And for (AT)a period of about forty years (AU)He put up with them in the wilderness. 19 (AV)And when He destroyed (AW)seven nations in the land of Canaan, He (AX)distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took (AY)about 450 years. 20 After these things He (AZ)gave them judges until (BA)Samuel the prophet. 21 Then they (BB)asked for a king, and God gave them (BC)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And after He had (BD)removed him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘(BE)I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My [e]will.’ 23 (BF)From the seed of this man, (BG)according to promise, God has brought to Israel (BH)a Savior, Jesus, 24 after (BI)John had preached before [f]His coming a (BJ)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John (BK)was fulfilling his course, (BL)he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of His feet.’
26 “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of (BM)this salvation was sent. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem, and their (BN)rulers, (BO)recognizing neither Him nor the [g]utterances of (BP)the prophets which are (BQ)read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. 28 And though they found no ground for death, they (BR)asked Pilate that He be [h]executed. 29 And when they had (BS)finished all that was written concerning Him, (BT)they took Him down from (BU)the tree and (BV)laid Him in a tomb. 30 But God (BW)raised Him from the dead; 31 and for many days (BX)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now (BY)His witnesses to the people. 32 And we (BZ)proclaim to you the good news of (CA)the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled this promise [i]to our children in that He (CB)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘(CC)You are My Son; today I have begotten You.’ 34 But that He (CD)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘(CE)I will give you the holy and [j]faithful lovingkindnesses of David.’ 35 Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘(CF)You will not give Your [k]Holy One over to see corruption.’ 36 For (CG)David, after he had [l]served (CH)the purpose of God in his own generation, (CI)fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption; 37 but He whom God (CJ)raised did not see corruption. 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that (CK)through [m]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and that in Him, (CL)everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could not be justified from [n]through the Law of Moses. 40 Therefore watch out, so that the thing spoken of (CM)in the Prophets may not come upon you:
41 ‘(CN)Look, you scoffers, and marvel, and [o]perish;
For I am accomplishing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, though someone should recount it to you.’”
42 And as [p]Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept pleading that these words might be spoken to them the next (CO)Sabbath. 43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the (CP)God-fearing [q](CQ)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in (CR)the grace of God.
Many Gentiles Believe
44 And the next (CS)Sabbath, nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of [r]the [s]Lord. 45 But when (CT)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, [t]blaspheming. 46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you (CU)first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, (CV)we are turning to the Gentiles. 47 For so the [u]Lord has commanded us,
‘(CW)I have placed You as a (CX)light for the Gentiles,
That You may [v]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying (CY)the word of [w]the [x]Lord, and as many as (CZ)had been appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And (DA)the word of the [y]Lord was being spread through the whole region. 50 But (DB)the Jews incited the [z](DC)God-fearing women (DD)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their [aa]district. 51 But (DE)having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to (DF)Iconium. 52 And the disciples were continually (DG)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes
- Acts 13:9 Or having just been filled
- Acts 13:10 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3
- Acts 13:11 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ex 9:3
- Acts 13:17 Or exalted
- Acts 13:22 Lit wishes
- Acts 13:24 Lit the face of His entering
- Acts 13:27 Lit voices
- Acts 13:28 Lit destroyed
- Acts 13:33 Late mss to us their children
- Acts 13:34 Lit trustworthy
- Acts 13:35 Or Devout, Pious
- Acts 13:36 Or served his own generation by the purpose of God
- Acts 13:38 Lit this One
- Acts 13:39 Lit by
- Acts 13:41 Lit disappear
- Acts 13:42 Lit they
- Acts 13:43 Gentile converts to Judaism
- Acts 13:44 One early ms God
- Acts 13:44 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 1:10
- Acts 13:45 Or slandering him
- Acts 13:47 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 42:6
- Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation
- Acts 13:48 Two early mss God
- Acts 13:48 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 1:10
- Acts 13:49 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 1:10
- Acts 13:50 Or worshiping
- Acts 13:50 Lit boundaries
Hechos 13
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Despedida de Bernabé y Saulo
13 En la iglesia de Antioquía eran profetas y maestros Bernabé; Simeón, apodado el Negro; Lucio de Cirene; Manaén, que se había criado con Herodes el tetrarca; y Saulo. 2 Mientras ayunaban y participaban en el culto al Señor, el Espíritu Santo dijo: «Apartadme ahora a Bernabé y a Saulo para el trabajo al que los he llamado».
3 Así que después de ayunar, orar e imponerles las manos, los despidieron.
En Chipre
4 Bernabé y Saulo, enviados por el Espíritu Santo, bajaron a Seleucia, y de allí navegaron a Chipre. 5 Al llegar a Salamina, predicaron la palabra de Dios en las sinagogas de los judíos. Tenían también a Juan como ayudante.
6 Recorrieron toda la isla hasta Pafos. Allí se encontraron con un hechicero, un falso profeta judío llamado Barjesús, 7 que estaba con el gobernador[a] Sergio Paulo. El gobernador, hombre inteligente, mandó llamar a Bernabé y a Saulo, en un esfuerzo por escuchar la palabra de Dios. 8 Pero Elimas el hechicero (que es lo que significa su nombre) se les oponía y procuraba apartar de la fe al gobernador. 9 Entonces Saulo, o sea, Pablo, lleno del Espíritu Santo, clavó los ojos en Elimas y le dijo: 10 «¡Hijo del diablo y enemigo de toda justicia, lleno de todo tipo de engaño y de fraude! ¿Nunca dejarás de torcer los caminos rectos del Señor? 11 Ahora la mano del Señor está contra ti; vas a quedarte ciego y por algún tiempo no podrás ver la luz del sol».
Al instante cayeron sobre él sombra y oscuridad, y comenzó a buscar a tientas a alguien que lo llevara de la mano. 12 Al ver lo sucedido, el gobernador creyó, maravillado de la enseñanza acerca del Señor.
En Antioquía de Pisidia
13 Pablo y sus compañeros se hicieron a la mar desde Pafos, y llegaron a Perge de Panfilia. Juan se separó de ellos y regresó a Jerusalén; 14 ellos, por su parte, siguieron su viaje desde Perge hasta Antioquía de Pisidia. El sábado entraron en la sinagoga y se sentaron. 15 Al terminar la lectura de la ley y los profetas, los jefes de la sinagoga mandaron a decirles: «Hermanos, si tenéis algún mensaje de aliento para el pueblo, hablad».
16 Pablo se puso en pie, hizo una señal con la mano y dijo: «Escuchadme, israelitas, y vosotros, los gentiles temerosos de Dios: 17 El Dios de este pueblo, Israel, escogió a nuestros antepasados y engrandeció al pueblo mientras vivían como extranjeros en Egipto. Con gran poder los sacó de aquella tierra 18 y soportó su mal proceder[b] en el desierto unos cuarenta años. 19 Después de destruir siete naciones en Canaán, dio a su pueblo la tierra de estas en herencia. 20 Todo esto duró unos cuatrocientos cincuenta años.
»Después de esto, Dios les asignó jueces hasta los días del profeta Samuel. 21 Entonces pidieron un rey, y Dios les dio a Saúl, hijo de Quis, de la tribu de Benjamín, que gobernó cuarenta años. 22 Tras destituir a Saúl, les puso por rey a David, de quien dio este testimonio: “He encontrado en David, hijo de Isaí, un hombre conforme a mi corazón; él realizará todo lo que yo quiero”.
23 »De los descendientes de este, conforme a la promesa, Dios ha provisto a Israel un Salvador, que es Jesús. 24 Antes de la venida de Jesús, Juan predicó un bautismo de arrepentimiento a todo el pueblo de Israel. 25 Cuando estaba completando su carrera, Juan decía: “¿Quién suponéis que soy? No soy el que vosotros suponéis, sino que después de mí viene uno a quien no soy digno ni siquiera de desatarle las sandalias”.
26 »Hermanos, descendientes de Abraham, y vosotros, los gentiles temerosos de Dios: a nosotros se nos ha enviado este mensaje de salvación. 27 Los habitantes de Jerusalén y sus gobernantes no reconocieron a Jesús. Por tanto, al condenarlo, cumplieron las palabras de los profetas que se leen todos los sábados. 28 Aunque no encontraron ninguna causa digna de muerte, le pidieron a Pilato que lo mandara a ejecutar. 29 Después de llevar a cabo todas las cosas que estaban escritas acerca de él, lo bajaron del madero y lo sepultaron. 30 Pero Dios lo levantó de entre los muertos. 31 Durante muchos días lo vieron los que habían subido con él de Galilea a Jerusalén, y ellos son ahora sus testigos ante el pueblo.
32 »Nosotros os anunciamos a vosotros las buenas nuevas respecto a la promesa hecha a nuestros antepasados. 33 Dios nos la ha cumplido plenamente a nosotros, los descendientes de ellos, al resucitar a Jesús. Como está escrito en el segundo salmo:
»“Tú eres mi hijo;
hoy mismo te he engendrado”.[c]
34 Dios lo resucitó para que no volviera jamás a la corrupción. Así se cumplieron estas palabras:
»“Yo os daré las bendiciones santas y seguras prometidas a David”.[d]
35 Por eso dice en otro pasaje:
»“No permitirás que el fin de tu santo sea la corrupción”.[e]
36 »Ciertamente David, después de servir a su propia generación conforme al propósito de Dios, murió, fue sepultado con sus antepasados, y su cuerpo sufrió la corrupción. 37 Pero aquel a quien Dios resucitó no sufrió la corrupción de su cuerpo.
38 »Por tanto, hermanos, sabed que por medio de Jesús se os anuncia el perdón de los pecados. 39 Vosotros no pudisteis ser justificados de esos pecados por la ley de Moisés, pero todo el que cree es justificado por medio de Jesús. 40 Tened cuidado, no sea que os suceda lo que han dicho los profetas:
41 »“¡Mirad, engreídos!
¡Asombraos y desapareced!
Porque voy a hacer en estos días una obra
que nunca creeríais,
aunque alguien os la explicara”».[f]
42 Al salir ellos de la sinagoga, los invitaron a que el siguiente sábado les hablaran más de estas cosas. 43 Cuando se disolvió la asamblea, muchos judíos y prosélitos fieles acompañaron a Pablo y a Bernabé, los cuales en su conversación con ellos les instaron a perseverar en la gracia de Dios.
44 El siguiente sábado casi toda la ciudad se congregó para oír la palabra del Señor. 45 Pero, cuando los judíos vieron a las multitudes, se llenaron de celos y contradecían con maldiciones lo que Pablo decía.
46 Pablo y Bernabé les contestaron valientemente: «Era necesario que os anunciáramos la palabra de Dios primero a vosotros. Como la rechazáis y no os consideráis dignos de la vida eterna, ahora vamos a dirigirnos a los gentiles. 47 Así nos lo ha mandado el Señor:
»“Te he puesto por luz para las naciones,
a fin de que lleves mi salvación hasta los confines de la tierra”».[g]
48 Al oír esto, los gentiles se alegraron y celebraron la palabra del Señor; y creyeron todos los que estaban destinados a la vida eterna.
49 La palabra del Señor se difundía por toda la región. 50 Pero los judíos incitaron a mujeres muy distinguidas y favorables al judaísmo, y a los hombres más prominentes de la ciudad, y provocaron una persecución contra Pablo y Bernabé. Por tanto, los expulsaron de la región. 51 Ellos, por su parte, se sacudieron el polvo de los pies en señal de protesta contra la ciudad, y se fueron a Iconio. 52 Y los discípulos quedaron llenos de alegría y del Espíritu Santo.
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