Acts · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Acts 7 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Entonces el sumo sacerdote dijo: ¿Son ciertas estas cosas?
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 Esteban respondió: Hermanos y padres, escuchen. El Dios de la gloria se apareció a nuestro padre Abraham cuando estaba en Mesopotamia, antes de vivir en Harán.
2 He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 Le dijo: Sal de tu tierra y de tu familia, y ven a la tierra que yo te mostraré.
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
4 Entonces Abraham salió de la tierra de los caldeos y vivió en Harán. Después de la muerte de su padre, Dios lo trajo a esta tierra donde ustedes viven ahora.
4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
5 Pero no le dio herencia en ella, ni siquiera un lugar donde poner el pie. Sin embargo, prometió dársela en posesión a él y a su descendencia después de él, aunque Abraham todavía no tenía hijo.
5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
6 Dios habló así: Su descendencia vivirá como extranjera en tierra ajena. La esclavizarán y la maltratarán durante cuatrocientos años.
6 God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
7 Pero yo juzgaré a la nación que los esclavice, dijo Dios. Después de eso saldrán y me servirán en este lugar.
7 ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
8 Dios le dio el pacto de la circuncisión. Así Abraham engendró a Isaac y lo circuncidó al octavo día. Isaac engendró a Jacob, y Jacob a los doce patriarcas.
8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
9 Los patriarcas, movidos por envidia, vendieron a José para Egipto. Pero Dios estaba con él.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
10 Lo libró de todas sus aflicciones, le dio gracia y sabiduría delante de Faraón, rey de Egipto, y este lo puso como gobernador sobre Egipto y sobre toda su casa.
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Entonces vino hambre sobre toda la tierra de Egipto y de Canaán, y hubo gran aflicción. Nuestros padres no encontraban alimento.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12 Cuando Jacob oyó que había trigo en Egipto, envió a nuestros padres la primera vez.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 En la segunda vez, José se dio a conocer a sus hermanos, y la familia de José llegó a ser conocida por Faraón.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
14 Entonces José mandó llamar a su padre Jacob y a toda su familia, setenta y cinco personas en total.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Jacob descendió a Egipto, y allí murió él, y también nuestros padres.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 Luego fueron llevados a Siquem y puestos en el sepulcro que Abraham había comprado por precio de plata a los hijos de Hamor en Siquem.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
17 Pero cuando se acercaba el tiempo de la promesa que Dios había jurado a Abraham, el pueblo creció y se multiplicó en Egipto,
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 hasta que se levantó otro rey que no conocía a José.
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
19 Este rey trató con astucia a nuestra nación y maltrató a nuestros padres, obligándolos a abandonar a sus bebés para que murieran.
19 The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
20 En ese tiempo nació Moisés, y era hermoso delante de Dios. Fue criado tres meses en la casa de su padre.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21 Cuando fue abandonado, la hija de Faraón lo recogió y lo crió como hijo suyo.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22 Moisés fue instruido en toda la sabiduría de los egipcios, y era poderoso en sus palabras y en sus obras.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 Cuando cumplió cuarenta años, le nació en el corazón visitar a sus hermanos, los hijos de Israel.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Al ver que uno de ellos era maltratado, lo defendió y vengó al oprimido, matando al egipcio.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Él pensaba que sus hermanos entenderían que Dios les daría liberación por medio de su mano, pero ellos no lo entendieron.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
26 Al día siguiente, se presentó a unos que peleaban y trató de ponerlos en paz, diciendo: Hombres, ustedes son hermanos. ¿Por qué se maltratan el uno al otro?
26 “The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
27 Pero el que maltrataba a su prójimo empujó a Moisés, diciendo: ¿Quién te puso como gobernante y juez sobre nosotros?
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 ¿Quieres matarme como mataste ayer al egipcio?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Al oír estas palabras, Moisés huyó y vivió como extranjero en la tierra de Madián, donde tuvo dos hijos.
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 Después de cuarenta años, un ángel se le apareció en el desierto del monte Sinaí, en la llama de fuego de una zarza.
30 “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Cuando Moisés lo vio, se maravilló de la visión. Al acercarse para mirar, vino a él la voz del Señor:
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 Yo soy el Dios de tus padres, el Dios de Abraham, de Isaac y de Jacob. Moisés, temblando, no se atrevía a mirar.
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
33 Entonces el Señor le dijo: Quita el calzado de tus pies, porque el lugar donde estás es tierra santa.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Ciertamente he visto la aflicción de mi pueblo que está en Egipto, he oído su gemido y he descendido para librarlos. Ahora ven, te enviaré a Egipto.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
35 A este Moisés, a quien ellos rechazaron diciendo: ¿Quién te puso como gobernante y juez?, Dios lo envió como gobernante y libertador por mano del ángel que se le apareció en la zarza.
35 “This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Este los sacó, haciendo maravillas y señales en Egipto, en el Mar Rojo y en el desierto durante cuarenta años.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Este es aquel Moisés que dijo a los hijos de Israel: Dios les levantará un profeta como yo de entre sus hermanos.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
38 Este es el que estuvo en la asamblea en el desierto, con el ángel que le hablaba en el monte Sinaí y con nuestros padres. Él recibió palabras vivas para dárnoslas.
38 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
39 Pero nuestros padres no quisieron obedecerlo. Lo rechazaron, y en sus corazones volvieron a Egipto.
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Dijeron a Aarón: Haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros, porque no sabemos qué le pasó a este Moisés, que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto.
40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’
41 En aquellos días hicieron un becerro, ofrecieron sacrificio al ídolo y se alegraron en la obra de sus manos.
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 Entonces Dios se apartó de ellos y los entregó para que rindieran culto al ejército del cielo, como está escrito en el libro de los profetas: ¿Acaso me ofrecieron víctimas y sacrificios durante cuarenta años en el desierto, casa de Israel?
42 But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Más bien, llevaron la tienda de Moloc y la estrella de su dios Refán, imágenes que hicieron para adorarlas. Por eso los llevaré más allá de Babilonia.
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
44 Nuestros padres tenían en el desierto el tabernáculo del testimonio, como Dios ordenó a Moisés que lo hiciera según el modelo que había visto.
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45 Nuestros padres lo recibieron y lo trajeron con Josué cuando tomaron posesión de la tierra de las naciones que Dios expulsó delante de ellos. Así fue hasta los días de David.
45 which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,
46 David halló gracia delante de Dios y pidió hallar una morada para el Dios de Jacob.
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Pero Salomón le edificó una casa.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
48 Sin embargo, el Altísimo no habita en templos hechos por manos, como dice el profeta:
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 El cielo es mi trono, y la tierra es el estrado de mis pies. ¿Qué casa me edificarán?, dice el Señor. ¿O cuál será el lugar de mi reposo?
49 ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?
50 ¿No hizo mi mano todas estas cosas?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
51 ¡Duros de cerviz e incircuncisos de corazón y de oídos! Ustedes siempre resisten al Espíritu Santo. Como hicieron sus padres, así también hacen ustedes.
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52 ¿A cuál de los profetas no persiguieron sus padres? Ellos mataron a los que anunciaron de antemano la venida del Justo, a quien ustedes ahora han traicionado y matado.
52 Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53 Ustedes recibieron la Ley por medio de ángeles, pero no la obedecieron.
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
54 Al oír estas cosas, se enfurecieron en sus corazones y rechinaban los dientes contra Esteban.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 Pero él, lleno del Espíritu Santo, miró fijamente al cielo y vio la gloria de Dios, y a Jesús de pie a la derecha de Dios.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 Entonces dijo: Miren, veo los cielos abiertos, y al Hijo del Hombre de pie a la derecha de Dios.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Pero ellos gritaron a gran voz, se taparon los oídos y se lanzaron todos juntos contra él.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
58 Lo echaron fuera de la ciudad y lo apedrearon. Los testigos dejaron sus mantos a los pies de un joven llamado Saulo.
58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Mientras lo apedreaban, Esteban invocaba al Señor y decía: Señor Jesús, recibe mi espíritu.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Luego se puso de rodillas y clamó a gran voz: Señor, no les tomes en cuenta este pecado. Y habiendo dicho esto, durmió.
60 He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Paul
Formerly Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who persecuted the church until the risen Jesus met him on the road to Damascus; he became the apostle to the Gentiles and wrote many of the…
Cited in the guide: Acts 7:58; Acts 9:1; Acts 13:9
Stephen
One of the seven chosen to serve tables, full of faith and the Holy Spirit; he was stoned after his speech to the Sanhedrin and became the first martyr.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5; Acts 7:59; Acts 8:2
Cross references (59)
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- 1 John 18:19–21; Matthew 26:61–62; Mark 14:58–60; John 18:33–35; Acts 6:13–14
- 2 Acts 22:1; Genesis 11:31; Psalm 29:3; Nehemiah 9:7; Hebrews 1:3
- 3 Genesis 12:1; Hebrews 11:8; Genesis 15:7; Joshua 24:3; Luke 14:33
- 4 Genesis 12:4–5; Genesis 11:31–32; Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 41:2
- 5 Genesis 17:8; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 26:3
- 6 Genesis 15:13; Exodus 12:40–41; Galatians 3:17; Genesis 15:16
- 7 Exodus 3:12; Psalm 105:27–36; Exodus 7:1–14; Psalm 135:8–9; Genesis 15:14–16
- 8 Genesis 17:9–14; Genesis 35:23–26; Acts 2:29; Galatians 3:15; Galatians 3:17
- 9 Genesis 39:2; Psalm 105:17; Isaiah 43:2; Genesis 45:4; Isaiah 41:10
- 10 2 Timothy 4:18; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 2:6; Genesis 48:16; Psalm 22:24
- 11 Genesis 41:54–57; Genesis 42:5; Genesis 47:13–15; Psalm 105:16; Genesis 45:11
- 12 Genesis 42:1–24; Genesis 43:2
- 13 Genesis 45:1–18; Genesis 46:31–47:10
- 14 Genesis 46:26–27; Deuteronomy 10:22; Exodus 1:5; Genesis 45:9–11; 1 Chronicles 2:5–6
- 15 Genesis 49:33; Exodus 1:6; Genesis 46:3–7; Deuteronomy 10:22; Joshua 24:4
- 16 Joshua 24:32; Genesis 23:16; Exodus 13:19; Genesis 34:2–31; Genesis 50:13
- 17 Exodus 1:7–12; Psalm 105:24–25; Acts 7:6; Genesis 15:13–16; Acts 13:17
- 18 Exodus 1:8
- 19 Psalm 105:25; Exodus 1:9–22; Revelation 12:4–5; Psalm 83:4–5; Psalm 129:1–3
- 20 Hebrews 11:23; Exodus 2:2–10; 1 Samuel 16:12
- 21 Hebrews 11:24; Exodus 2:2–10; Deuteronomy 32:26
- 22 Isaiah 19:11; Luke 24:19; 2 Chronicles 9:22; Daniel 1:17–20; Daniel 1:4
- 23 Exodus 2:11–12; Philippians 2:12–13; Proverbs 21:1; Hebrews 11:24–26; Revelation 17:17
- 24 John 18:10–11; Acts 7:28; John 18:25–27
- 25 Luke 9:45; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Luke 18:34; Acts 14:27
- 26 Exodus 2:13–15; 1 John 3:11–15; Psalm 133:1; John 15:17–18; Genesis 13:8
- 27 Luke 12:14; Acts 7:35; Proverbs 9:7–8; Acts 4:11–12; 1 Samuel 25:14–15
- 29 Exodus 18:2–4; Exodus 2:14–22; Exodus 4:19–20
- 30 Exodus 3:1–2; Acts 7:35; Isaiah 43:2; Isaiah 63:9; Exodus 3:6
- 31 Exodus 3:3–4
- 32 Exodus 3:6; Matthew 22:32; Job 37:1–2; Hebrews 11:16; Matthew 17:6
- 33 Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15; Ecclesiastes 5:1; 2 Peter 1:18
- 34 Exodus 3:7–10; Psalm 106:44; Exodus 4:31; Nehemiah 9:9; Exodus 3:14
- 35 Psalm 118:22–23; Luke 19:14; Psalm 75:7; Psalm 113:7–8; Numbers 20:16
- 36 Exodus 12:41; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 33:1; Psalm 78:12–33; Exodus 16:35
- 37 Deuteronomy 18:15–19; Acts 3:22–23; John 18:37; Matthew 17:3–5; Acts 7:38
- 38 Romans 3:2; Hebrews 5:12; John 1:17; 1 Peter 4:11; Deuteronomy 33:4
- 39 Numbers 14:3–4; Numbers 11:5; Nehemiah 9:16–17; Acts 7:51–52; Ezekiel 20:6–14
- 40 Exodus 32:1; Exodus 32:23
- 41 Psalm 106:19–21; Nehemiah 9:18; Revelation 9:20; Hosea 9:10; Habakkuk 2:18–20
- 42 Amos 5:25–26; Ezekiel 20:39; Jeremiah 19:13; Psalm 81:11–12; Job 31:26–28
- 43 Amos 5:26–27; Exodus 20:4–5; Deuteronomy 5:8–9; Leviticus 20:2–5; 2 Kings 17:16–18
- 44 Exodus 25:40; Exodus 38:21; Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 8:2; Exodus 26:30
- 45 Psalm 44:2; Joshua 24:18; Joshua 18:1; Joshua 23:9; Judges 18:31
- 46 Psalm 132:1–5; Acts 13:22; 2 Samuel 7:1–5; 1 Samuel 16:11–13; 1 Samuel 16:1
- 47 1 Kings 8:20; 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 6:37–38; 1 Kings 7:13–51; 2 Chronicles 3:1
- 48 Acts 17:24–25; Isaiah 66:1–2; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:5–6; 2 Chronicles 6:18
- 49 Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 11:4; John 4:21; Matthew 5:34–35; Revelation 3:21
- 50 Jeremiah 32:17; Isaiah 66:2; Psalm 33:6–9; Isaiah 45:12; Exodus 20:11
- 51 Deuteronomy 10:16; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 4:4; Ephesians 4:30; Leviticus 26:41
- 52 Matthew 5:12; 1 Kings 19:10; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Jeremiah 2:30
- 53 Hebrews 2:2; Galatians 3:19; Acts 7:38; John 7:19; Deuteronomy 33:2
- 54 Acts 5:33; Psalm 35:16; Matthew 25:30; Job 16:9; Luke 13:28
- 55 Mark 16:19; Hebrews 1:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Psalms 109:31–110:1; Acts 6:8
- 56 Matthew 26:64–65; Acts 10:11; Revelation 11:19; Matthew 3:16; Revelation 19:11
- 57 Zechariah 7:11; Psalm 58:4; Acts 23:27; Acts 7:54; Proverbs 21:13
- 58 Acts 22:20; Acts 8:1; Leviticus 24:14–16; Acts 6:13; Acts 22:4
- 59 Luke 23:46; Psalm 31:5; Acts 22:16; Joel 2:32; Acts 9:14
- 60 Matthew 5:44; Luke 23:34; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Romans 12:14–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
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See, what a number of years the Promise has been given, and the manner of the Promise, and nowhere sacrifice, nowhere circumcision! He here shows, how God Himself suffered them to be afflicted, not that He had anything to lay to their charge. "And they shall bring them into bondage," etc. But nevertheless, they did not these things with impunity.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And He gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac." And the rest of his words announce the same God, who was with Joseph and with the patriarchs, and who spake with Moses.
And so it has pleased Divine Providence, as I have said, and as we read in the Acts of the Apostles, that the law enjoining the worship of one God should be given by the disposition of angels.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And from many other things too one might perceive, that it is not possible for a disembodied soul to remain here. For both Stephen saith, "Receive my spirit;" and Paul, "To depart and to be with Christ is far better;" and of the patriarch too the Scripture saith, that "he was gathered unto his fathers, being cherished in a good …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Moses then, the prophet, saith, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: but let that "like unto me" be reserved awhile to be examined in its proper place.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)