Acts 13 Free Bible Version
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1 The church at Antioch had prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (the childhood friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
1 HABÍA entonces en la iglesia que estaba en Antioquía, profetas y doctores: Bernabé, y Simón el que se llamaba Niger, y Lucio Cireneo, y Manahén, que había sido criado con Herodes el tetrarca, y Saulo.
2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart Barnabas and Saul to do the work I've called them to.”
2 Ministrando pues éstos al Señor, y ayunando, dijo el Espíritu Santo: Apartadme á Bernabé y á Saulo para la obra para la cual los he llamado.
3 After they had fasted, prayed, and placed their hands on them in blessing, they sent them on their way.
3 Entonces habiendo ayunado y orado, y puesto las manos encima de ellos, despidiéronlos.
4 So Barnabas and Saul, directed by the Holy Spirit, went to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
4 Y ellos, enviados así por el Espíritu Santo, descendieron á Seleucia; y de allí navegaron á Cipro.
5 Arriving at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their assistant.
5 Y llegados á Salamina, anunciaban la palabra de Dios en las sinagogas de los Judíos: y tenían también á Juan en el ministerio.
6 They traveled throughout the island and eventually came to Paphos. There they found a Jewish magician, a false prophet by the name of Bar-jesus.
6 Y habiendo atravesado toda la isla hasta Papho, hallaron un hombre mago, falso profeta, Judío, llamado Barjesús;
7 He was close to the governor, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. Sergius Paulus invited Barnabas and Saul to come and visit him since he wanted to hear the word of God.
7 El cual estaba con el procónsul Sergio Paulo, varón prudente. Este, llamando á Bernabé y á Saulo, deseaba oir la palabra de Dios.
8 But the magician Elymas (his Greek name) opposed them, trying to prevent the governor from trusting in God.
8 Mas les resistía Elimas el encantador (que así se interpreta su nombre), procurando apartar de la fe al procónsul.
9 Saul, also called Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and looked straight at him.
9 Entonces Saulo, que también [es] Pablo, lleno del Espíritu Santo, poniendo en él los ojos,
10 “You are full of deception and all kinds of evil, you son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right! Will you never give up perverting the Lord's true ways?
10 Dijo: Oh, lleno de todo engaño y de toda maldad, hijo del diablo, enemigo de toda justicia, ¿no cesarás de trastornar los caminos rectos del Señor?
11 Look, the Lord's hand is on you and you will become blind. You will not see the sun for some time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell on him, and he had to find someone who could lead him by the hand.
11 Ahora pues, he aquí la mano del Señor es contra ti, y serás ciego, que no veas el sol por tiempo. Y luego cayeron en él obscuridad y tinieblas; y andando alrededor, buscaba quién le condujese por la mano.
12 When the governor saw what happened he trusted in God, amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
12 Entonces el procónsul, viendo lo que había sido hecho, creyó, maravillado de la doctrina del Señor.
13 Then Paul and those with him sailed from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, while John left them and went back to Jerusalem.
13 Y partidos de Papho, Pablo y sus compañeros arribaron á Perge de Pamphylia: entonces Juan, apartándose de ellos, se volvió á Jerusalem.
14 They went through Perga and on to Antioch of Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and were seated.
14 Y ellos pasando de Perge, llegaron á Antioquía de Pisidia, y entrando en la sinagoga un día de sábado, sentáronse.
15 After the readings from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent them a message saying, “Brothers, please share with the congregation any words of encouragement you may have.”
15 Y después de la lectura de la ley y de los profetas, los príncipes de la sinagoga enviaron á ellos, diciendo: Varones hermanos, si tenéis alguna palabra de exhortación para el pueblo, hablad.
16 Paul stood up, motioned with his hand to get their attention, and began speaking. “Men of Israel, and all of you who have reverence for God, listen to me.
16 Entonces Pablo, levantándose, hecha señal de silencio con la mano, dice: Varones Israelitas, y los que teméis á Dios, oid:
17 The God of the people of Israel chose our forefathers, and gave our people prosperity during their stay in the land of Egypt. Then with his mighty power he led them out of Egypt,
17 El Dios del pueblo de Israel escogió á nuestros padres, y ensalzó al pueblo, siendo ellos extranjeros en la tierra de Egipto, y con brazo levantado los sacó de ella.
18 and he patiently dealt with them in the desert for about forty years.
18 Y por tiempo como de cuarenta años soportó sus costumbres en el desierto;
19 After he had overthrown seven nations living in the land of Canaan, God divided their land among the Israelites and gave it to them to inherit. This took about four hundred and fifty years.
19 Y destruyendo siete naciones en la tierra de Canaán, les repartió por suerte la tierra de ellas.
20 Then he provided them with judges as leaders until the time of the prophet Samuel.
20 Y después, como por cuatrocientos y cincuenta años, dió[les] jueces hasta el profeta Samuel.
21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years.
21 Y entonces demandaron rey; y les dió Dios á Saúl, hijo de Cis, varón de la tribu de Benjamín, por cuarenta años.
22 Then God removed Saul, and made David their king. God approved of David, saying ‘I found David the son of Jesse to be a man according to my own heart; he will do everything I intend.’
22 Y quitado aquél, levantóles por rey á David, al que dió también testimonio, diciendo: He hallado á David, [hijo] de Jessé, varón conforme á mi corazón, el cual hará todo lo que yo quiero.
23 Jesus is David's descendant; he is the Savior that God promised to bring to Israel.
23 De la simiente de éste, Dios, conforme á la promesa, levantó á Jesús por Salvador á Israel;
24 Before Jesus came, John announced the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
24 Predicando Juan delante de la faz de su venida el bautismo de arrepentimiento á todo el pueblo de Israel.
25 As John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one you're looking for. But after me one is coming whose sandals I'm not worthy to untie.’
25 Mas como Juan cumpliese su carrera, dijo: ¿Quién pensáis que soy? No soy yo [él]; mas he aquí, viene tras mí uno, cuyo calzado de los pies no soy digno de desatar.
26 My brothers, children of Abraham and those of you who have reverence for God: the message of this salvation has been sent to us!
26 Varones hermanos, hijos del linaje de Abraham, y los que entre vosotros temen á Dios, á vosotros es enviada la palabra de esta salud.
27 The people living in Jerusalem and their leaders didn't recognize Jesus or understand the words spoken by the prophets that are read every Sabbath. In fact they fulfilled the prophetic words by condemning him!
27 Porque los que habitaban en Jerusalem, y sus príncipes, no conociendo á éste, y las voces de los profetas que se leen todos los sábados, condenándo[le], [las] cumplieron.
28 Even though they couldn't find any evidence to sentence him to death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
28 Y sin hallar [en él] causa de muerte, pidieron á Pilato que le matasen.
29 After they had fulfilled everything predicted that they would do to him, they took him down from the cross and buried him in a tomb.
29 Y habiendo cumplido todas las cosas que de él estaban escritas, quitándolo del madero, lo pusieron en el sepulcro.
30 But God raised him from the dead,
30 Mas Dios le levantó de los muertos.
31 and he appeared over the course of many days to those who had followed him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people.
31 Y él fué visto por muchos días de los que habían subido juntamente con él de Galilea á Jerusalem, los cuales son sus testigos al pueblo.
32 We are here to bring to you the good news of the promise that God made to our forefathers,
32 Y nosotros también os anunciamos el evangelio de aquella promesa que fué hecha á los padres,
33 that he has now fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus from the dead. As it is written in Psalm 2: ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.’
33 La cual Dios ha cumplido á los hijos de ellos, á nosotros, resucitando á Jesús: como también en el salmo segundo está escrito: Mi hijo eres tú, yo te he engendrado hoy.
34 God raised him from the dead, never to die again, as he indicated by saying, ‘I will give you what is holy and trustworthy, as I promised to David.’
34 Y que le levantó de los muertos para nunca más volver á corrupción, así [lo] dijo: Os daré las misericordias fieles de David.
35 As another psalm says, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’
35 Por eso dice también en otro [lugar]: No permitirás que tu Santo vea corrupción.
36 But David died, after he had done what God wanted in his own time, and he was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.
36 Porque á la verdad David, habiendo servido en su edad á la voluntad de Dios, durmió, y fué juntado con sus padres, y vió corrupción:
37 The one God raised from the dead saw no decay.
37 Mas aquel que Dios levantó, no vió corrupción.
38 My brothers, I want you to understand that we're telling you that through this man sins are forgiven.
38 Séaos pues notorio, varones hermanos, que por éste os es anunciada remisión de pecados;
39 Through him everyone who trusts in him is made morally right from all that is wrong—in a way that you could never be set right by the law of Moses.
39 Y de todo lo que por la ley de Moisés no pudisteis ser justificados, en éste es justificado todo aquel que creyere.
40 Make sure that what the prophets said doesn't happen to you:
40 Mirad, pues, que no venga sobre vosotros lo que está dicho en los profetas;
41 ‘You who are scornful, look in amazement, and die! For what I'm doing in your lifetime is something that you could never believe, even if someone told you!’”
41 Mirad, oh menospreciadores, y entonteceos, y desvaneceos; porque yo obro una obra en vuestros días, obra que no creeréis, si alguien os la contare.
42 As they were leaving, the people pleaded with them to tell them more the next Sabbath.
42 Y saliendo [ellos] de la sinagoga de los Judíos, los Gentiles [les] rogaron que el sábado siguiente les hablasen estas palabras.
43 After the meeting in the synagogue, many of the Jews and the converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas who spoke with them, encouraging them to continue to hold on to the grace of God.
43 Y despedida la congregación, muchos de los Judíos y de los religiosos prosélitos siguieron á Pablo y á Bernabé; los cuales hablándoles, les persuadían que permaneciesen en la gracia de Dios.
44 The following Sabbath almost the whole town turned out to hear the word of God.
44 Y el sábado siguiente se juntó casi toda la ciudad á oir la palabra de Dios.
45 However, when the Jews saw the crowds, they became extremely jealous, contradicting what Paul was saying and cursing him.
45 Mas los Judíos, visto el gentío, llenáronse de celo, y se oponían á lo que Pablo decía, contradiciendo y blasfemando.
46 So Paul and Barnabas spoke out strongly, saying “We had to speak the word of God to you first. But now that you're rejecting it—you're deciding that you're not worthy of eternal life—well now we're turning to the foreigners.
46 Entonces Pablo y Bernabé, usando de libertad, dijeron: A vosotros á la verdad era menester que se os hablase la palabra de Dios; mas pues que la desecháis, y os juzgáis indignos de la vida eterna, he aquí, nos volvemos á los Gentiles.
47 That's what the Lord has told us to do: ‘I've made you a light to the foreigners, and through you salvation will go to the ends of the earth.’”
47 Porque así nos ha mandado el Señor, [diciendo]: Te he puesto para luz de los Gentiles, para que seas salud hasta lo postrero de la tierra.
48 When the foreigners heard this they were overjoyed, praising the Lord's word, and all those chosen for eternal life trusted in God.
48 Y los Gentiles oyendo esto, fueron gozosos, y glorificaban la palabra del Señor: y creyeron todos los que estaban ordenados para vida eterna.
49 So God's word was spread throughout the region.
49 Y la palabra del Señor era sembrada por toda aquella provincia.
50 But the Jews incited the prominent religious women and leaders of the city to persecute Paul and Barnabas, and had them expelled from their territory.
50 Mas los Judíos concitaron mujeres pías y honestas, y á los principales de la ciudad, y levantaron persecución contra Pablo y Bernabé, y los echaron de sus términos.
51 So they shook the dust off their feet against them as a sign of protest, and went on to Iconium.
51 Ellos entonces sacudiendo en ellos el polvo de sus pies, vinieron á Iconio.
52 And the believers continued to be filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
52 Y los discípulos estaban llenos de gozo, y del Espíritu Santo.
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People
Bar-Jesus
A Jewish sorcerer at Paphos, also called Elymas, who opposed Barnabas and Saul and was struck blind.
Cited in the guide: Acts 13:6; Acts 13:8
Lucius
A man from Cyrene listed among the prophets and teachers at Antioch.
Cited in the guide: Acts 13:1
Manaen
A prophet and teacher at Antioch who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch.
Cited in the guide: Acts 13:1
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
Sergius Paulus
An intelligent proconsul at Paphos who sought to hear the word of God and believed after Elymas was blinded.
Cited in the guide: Acts 13:7
Simeon
Called Niger, one of the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch when the Holy Spirit set apart Barnabas and Saul.
Cited in the guide: Acts 13:1
Places
Antioch (Syrian)
The empire's third-largest city and the first major Gentile church — the launching base for Paul's journeys. (Distinct from Pisidian Antioch.)
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1-3; Galatians 2:11
Iconium
Paphos (Cyprus)
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- 1 Acts 4:36; Acts 15:35; Acts 11:22–27; Galatians 2:9; Acts 13:9
- 2 Galatians 1:15; Acts 9:15; 1 Corinthians 12:11; Romans 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:11
- 3 Acts 6:6; Acts 14:26; 2 Timothy 2:2; Acts 14:23; 1 Timothy 4:14
- 4 Acts 4:36; Acts 13:2; Acts 11:19; Acts 20:23; Acts 27:4
- 5 Acts 13:14; Acts 13:46; Acts 9:20; Acts 17:17; Acts 12:12
- 6 Matthew 7:15; 1 John 4:1; Mark 10:46; 2 Corinthians 11:13; Exodus 22:18
- 7 Acts 13:12; Acts 19:38; Acts 18:12; Proverbs 18:15; Acts 13:8
- 8 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:14–15; Acts 13:6–7; Acts 13:12; Acts 9:36
- 9 Micah 3:8; Acts 4:8; Acts 2:4; Acts 7:55; Mark 3:5
- 10 John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Matthew 13:38; Galatians 1:7; Hosea 14:9
- 11 Exodus 9:3; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:11; Hebrews 10:31; Job 19:21
- 12 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Acts 13:7; Luke 4:22; Acts 13:49; Acts 19:7
- 13 Acts 15:38; Acts 13:5–6; Acts 12:12; Acts 2:10; Acts 27:5
- 14 Acts 16:13; Acts 17:2; Acts 14:19; Acts 13:5; Acts 18:4
- 15 Hebrews 13:22; Acts 15:21; Mark 5:22; Romans 12:8; Luke 4:16–18
- 16 Acts 12:17; Acts 13:26; Acts 10:2; Psalm 49:1–3; Psalm 67:7
- 17 Deuteronomy 7:6–8; Isaiah 63:9–14; 1 Peter 2:9; Micah 6:4; Psalm 135:4
- 18 Acts 7:36; Numbers 14:22; Exodus 16:2; Numbers 14:33–34; Deuteronomy 9:21–24
- 19 Deuteronomy 7:1; Psalm 78:55; Acts 7:45; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 14:1
- 20 Judges 2:16; 1 Samuel 3:20; Ruth 1:1; 1 Samuel 12:11; Judges 3:10
- 21 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 10:21–26; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Samuel 8:5–9:2
- 22 1 Samuel 13:13–14; 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Samuel 16:13; Psalm 78:70–72; 1 Samuel 16:1
- 23 Matthew 1:1; Psalm 132:11; Revelation 22:16; Jude 25; Titus 3:3–6
- 24 Acts 1:22; Matthew 3:1–11; Acts 19:3–4; Mark 1:2–8; Luke 3:2–20
- 25 Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; John 1:26–27; John 1:20–23; Acts 20:24
- 26 Luke 1:69; Luke 1:77; Ephesians 1:13; Romans 1:16; Isaiah 46:13
- 27 Acts 3:17; Romans 11:25; Acts 15:21; Luke 24:20; Acts 26:22–23
- 28 Luke 23:21–25; Matthew 27:22–25; John 19:4; Luke 23:14–16; John 18:38
- 29 Luke 23:53; John 19:30; John 19:28; Mark 15:45–46; Matthew 27:57–60
- 30 Acts 2:24; Acts 17:31; Matthew 28:6; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30–31
- 31 Luke 24:48; Acts 1:3; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 15:5–7; Matthew 28:16
- 32 Romans 4:13; Acts 26:6; Ezekiel 34:23; Romans 9:4; Jeremiah 23:5
- 33 Psalm 2:7; Hebrews 5:5; Hebrews 1:5–6
- 34 Isaiah 55:3; Psalm 89:2–4; Romans 6:9; Psalm 89:19–37; Ezekiel 34:23–24
- 35 Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:27–31; Acts 13:36–37; John 8:51; Luke 2:26
- 36 Acts 2:29; 1 Kings 2:10; 2 Samuel 7:12; Acts 13:22; 1 Chronicles 18:14
- 37 Acts 13:30; Acts 2:24
- 38 Luke 24:47; 1 John 2:12; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; Colossians 1:14; Acts 5:31
- 39 Galatians 2:16; Romans 10:4; Hebrews 7:19; Romans 8:3; Romans 10:10
- 40 Malachi 4:1; Habakkuk 1:5; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 12:25; Malachi 3:2
- 41 Habakkuk 1:5; 1 Peter 4:17; Romans 11:7–14; Isaiah 28:14–22; Colossians 1:26–27
- 42 Acts 28:28; Matthew 19:30; Ezekiel 3:6; Matthew 11:21; Acts 10:33
- 43 Acts 11:23; Acts 14:22; Hebrews 12:15; Hebrews 13:9; 2 John 9
- 44 Isaiah 11:10; Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 60:8; Psalm 110:3
- 45 Jude 10; Acts 18:6; Acts 19:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Acts 5:17
- 46 Acts 28:28; Matthew 21:43; Acts 18:5–6; Acts 26:20; Acts 3:26
- 47 Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 42:6; Luke 2:32; Isaiah 45:22; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 48 Romans 8:29–30; Ephesians 1:4; Romans 11:7; John 10:26–27; John 10:16
- 49 Acts 12:24; Philippians 1:13–14; Acts 19:10; Acts 19:26; Acts 9:42
- 50 Acts 14:2; Acts 13:45; Acts 14:19; Acts 17:13; Acts 21:27
- 51 Matthew 10:14; Luke 9:5; Acts 18:6; Mark 6:11; Acts 14:21
- 52 Romans 15:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; Acts 4:31; Romans 5:3; Galatians 5:22
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As soon as they were ordained they went forth, and hasted to Cyprus, that being a place where was no ill-design hatching against them, and where moreover the Word had been sown already. In Antioch there were (teachers) enough, and Phoenice too was near to Palestine; but Cyprus not so.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
For to the enemies of Christ who are reproached with this, that Christ hath left them, turning to the Gentiles, this speech is incongruously assigned, "Remember, Lord, the reproach of Thy servants," for such Jews are not to be styled the servants of God; but these words fit those who, if they suffered great humiliations through persecution for the name …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Wherefore also God said, "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart." Such a spirit as this let us too acquire, and whatever we may suffer we shall bear it easily, and before the Kingdom, we shall reap here the gain accruing from lowliness of mind.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Ezekiel also speaks thus, The Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and said unto me, Thus saith the Lord. And again, The Holy Ghost said, unto the Apostles who were in Antioch, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." Does a slave speak thus?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)