Acts 8 Literal Standard Version

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1 And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution on the Assembly in Jerusalem, all were also scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

1 Y SAULO consentía en su muerte. Y en aquel día se hizo una grande persecución en la iglesia que estaba en Jerusalem; y todos fueron esparcidos por las tierras de Judea y de Samaria, salvo los apóstoles.

1 Saul 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.

2 and devout men carried Stephen away, and made great lamentation over him;

2 Y llevaron [á enterrar] á Esteban varones piadosos, é hicieron gran llanto sobre él.

2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.

3 and Saul was making havoc of the Assembly, entering into every house, and dragging away men and women, giving them up to prison;

3 Entonces Saulo asolaba la iglesia, entrando por las casas: y trayendo hombres y mujeres, los entregaba en la cárcel.

3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

4 they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news—the word.

4 Mas los que fueron esparcidos, iban por todas partes anunciando la palabra.

4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

5 And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching the Christ to them;

5 Entonces Felipe, descendiendo á la ciudad de Samaria, les predicaba á Cristo.

5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.

6 the multitudes were also giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, with one accord, in their hearing and seeing the signs that he was doing,

6 Y las gentes escuchaban atentamente unánimes las cosas que decía Felipe, oyendo y viendo las señales que hacía.

6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

7 for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,

7 Porque de muchos que tenían espíritus inmundos, salían [éstos] dando grandes voces; y muchos paralíticos y cojos eran sanados:

7 For 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.

8 and there was great joy in that city.

8 Así que había gran gozo en aquella ciudad.

8 There was great joy in that city.

9 And a certain man, by name Simon, was previously in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

9 Y había un hombre llamado Simón, el cual había sido antes mágico en aquella ciudad, y había engañado la gente de Samaria, diciéndose ser algún grande:

9 But 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,

10 to whom they were all giving heed, from small to great, saying, “This one is the great power of God”;

10 Al cual oían todos atentamente desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande, diciendo: Este es la gran virtud de Dios.

10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”

11 and they were giving heed to him, because of his having amazed them for a long time with deeds of magic.

11 Y le estaban atentos, porque con sus artes mágicas los había embelesado mucho tiempo.

11 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

12 And when they believed Philip, proclaiming good news, the things concerning the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed—both men and women;

12 Mas cuando creyeron á Felipe, que anunciaba el evangelio del reino de Dios y el nombre de Jesucristo, se bautizaban hombres y mujeres.

12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13 and Simon himself also believed, and having been immersed, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed.

13 El mismo Simón creyó también entonces, y bautizándose, se llegó á Felipe: y viendo los milagros y grandes maravillas que se hacían, estaba atónito.

13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

14 And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent Peter and John to them,

14 Y los apóstoles que estaban en Jerusalem, habiendo oído que Samaria había recibido la palabra de Dios, les enviaron á Pedro y á Juan:

14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

15 who having come down prayed concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit—

15 Los cuales venidos, oraron por ellos, para que recibiesen el Espíritu Santo;

15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

16 for as yet He was fallen on none of them, and only they have been immersed—into the Name of the Lord Jesus;

16 (Porque aun no había descendido sobre ninguno de ellos, mas solamente eran bautizados en el nombre de Jesús.)

16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

17 then they were laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

17 Entonces les impusieron las manos, y recibieron el Espíritu Santo.

17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit is given, brought money before them,

18 Y como vió Simón que por la imposición de las manos de los apóstoles se daba el Espíritu Santo, les ofreció dinero,

18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

19 saying, “Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.”

19 Diciendo: Dadme también á mí esta potestad, que á cualquiera que pusiere las manos encima, reciba el Espíritu Santo.

19 saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 And Peter said to him, “Your silver with you—may it be to destruction! Because you thought to possess the gift of God through money;

20 Entonces Pedro le dijo: Tu dinero perezca contigo, que piensas que el don de Dios se gane por dinero.

20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

21 you have neither part nor lot in this thing, for your heart is not right before God;

21 No tienes tú parte ni suerte en este negocio; porque tu corazón no es recto delante de Dios.

21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.

22 convert, therefore, from this your wickedness, and implore God, if then the purpose of your heart may be forgiven you,

22 Arrepiéntete pues de esta tu maldad, y ruega á Dios, si quizás te será perdonado el pensamiento de tu corazón.

22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

23 for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive you being.”

23 Porque en hiel de amargura y en prisión de maldad veo que estás.

23 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

24 And Simon answering, said, “Implore for me to the LORD, that nothing may come on me of the things you have spoken.”

24 Respondiendo entonces Simón, dijo: Rogad vosotros por mí al Señor, que ninguna cosa de estas que habéis dicho, venga sobre mí.

24 Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”

25 They indeed, therefore, having testified fully, and spoken the word of the LORD, turned back to Jerusalem; they also proclaimed good news in many villages of the Samaritans.

25 Y ellos, habiendo testificado y hablado la palabra de Dios, se volvieron á Jerusalem, y en muchas tierras de los Samaritanos anunciaron el evangelio.

25 They 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.

26 And a messenger of the LORD spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is desolate.)

26 Empero el ángel del Señor habló á Felipe, diciendo: Levántate y ve hacia el mediodía, al camino que desciende de Jerusalem á Gaza, el cual es desierto.

26 Then 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.”

27 And having arisen, he went on, and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

27 Entonces él se levantó, y fué: y he aquí un Etiope, eunuco, gobernador de Candace, reina de los Etiopes, el cual era puesto sobre todos sus tesoros, y había venido á adorar á Jerusalem,

27 He 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.

28 he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

28 Se volvía sentado en su carro, y leyendo el profeta Isaías.

28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and be joined to this chariot”;

29 Y el Espíritu dijo á Felipe: Llégate, y júntate á este carro.

29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”

30 and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, “Do you then know what you read?”

30 Y acudiendo Felipe, le oyó que leía el profeta Isaías, y dijo: Mas ¿entiendes lo que lees?

30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

31 And he said, “Why, how am I able, if someone may not guide me?” He called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

31 Y él dijo: ¿Y cómo podré, si alguno no me enseñare? Y rogó á Felipe que subiese, y se sentase con él.

31 He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 And the passage of the Writing that he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, || And as a lamb before his shearer is silent, || So He does not open His mouth;

32 Y el lugar de la Escritura que leía, era éste: Como oveja á la muerte fué llevado; y como cordero mudo delante del que le trasquila, así no abrió su boca:

32 Now 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.

33 In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, || And His generation—who will declare? Because His life is taken from the earth.”

33 En su humillación su juicio fué quitado: mas su generación, ¿quién la contará? porque es quitada de la tierra su vida.

33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”

34 And the eunuch answering Philip said, “I beg you, about whom does the prophet say this? About himself, or about some other one?”

34 Y respondiendo el eunuco á Felipe, dijo: Ruégote ¿de quién el profeta dice esto? ¿de sí, ó de otro alguno?

34 The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”

35 And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him—Jesus.

35 Entonces Felipe, abriendo su boca, y comenzando desde esta escritura, le anunció el evangelio de Jesús.

35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.

36 ◆ And as they were going on the way, they came on some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, water; what hinders me to be immersed?”

36 Y yendo por el camino, llegaron á cierta agua; y dijo el eunuco: He aquí agua; ¿qué impide que yo sea bautizado?

36 As 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?”

37 ◆ [[And Philip said, “If you believe out of all the heart, it is lawful”; and he answering said, “I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God”;]]

37 Y Felipe dijo: Si crees de todo corazón, bien puedes. Y respondiendo, dijo: Creo que Jesucristo es el Hijo de Dios.

37 Not in this translation

38 ◆ and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him;

38 Y mandó parar el carro: y descendieron ambos al agua, Felipe y el eunuco; y bautizóle.

38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

39 and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the LORD snatched up Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

39 Y como subieron del agua, el Espíritu del Señor arrebató á Felipe; y no le vió más el eunuco, y se fué por su camino gozoso.

39 When 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.

40 and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, until his coming to Caesarea.

40 Felipe empero se halló en Azoto: y pasando, anunciaba el evangelio en todas las ciudades, hasta que llegó á Cesarea.

40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

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Philip
Deacon and evangelist
One of the seven chosen at Jerusalem; he preached in Samaria, baptized the Ethiopian official, and later hosted Paul at Caesarea with his four prophesying daughters.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5; Acts 8:5; Acts 8:38
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Simon
Sorcerer of Samaria
A sorcerer in Samaria who believed and was baptized, then tried to buy the power to give the Holy Spirit and was rebuked by Peter.
Cited in the guide: Acts 8:9; Acts 8:13; Acts 8:18
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Stephen
Deacon and first martyr
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
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Acts 8:37: the eunuch’s confession of faith
In some Bibles, before Philip baptizes the Ethiopian, he says, “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest,” and the eunuch answers, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” This verse is missing from the oldest Greek manuscripts and from most Byzantine ones, but it was known to St Irenaeus in the second century. It appears to be an early baptismal confession added to the story.

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Commentary 8:26 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles (Homily XIX)
It seems to me, this (Philip) was one of the seven; for from Jerusalem he would not have gone southwards, but to the north; but from Samaria it was "towards the south. The same is desert:" so that there is no fear of an attack from the Jews. And he did not ask, Wherefore? but "arose and went.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
Quotes verse 8:9–11 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapters XXII–XXIII)
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had driven them mad by his sorceries." This Simon, then--who feigned faith, supposing that the apostles themselves performed their cures by the art of magic, and not by the power of God; and with respect to their filling with the Holy Ghost, through the imposition of hands, those …
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 8:13 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXI)
… when we hear, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;" we do not of course understand it of one who believes in such a way "as the devils believe and tremble;" nor of those who receive baptism in such sort as Simon Magus, who though he could be baptized, could not be saved.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Quotes verse 8:10 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XLVI)
For indeed this is his great power. This power caused Christ to die, that He might put an end to it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 8:18–21 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)
The inventor of all heresy was Simon Magus: that Simon, who in the Acts of the Apostles thought to purchase with money the unsaleable grace of the Spirit, and heard the words, Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, and the rest: concerning whom also it is written, They went out from us, but they were not …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

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