Acts · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Acts 7 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Entonces el sumo sacerdote preguntó: ¿Es esto cierto?
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 Y él respondió: Varones hermanos y padres, oigan: El Dios de la gloria apareció a nuestro padre Abraham en Mesopotamia, antes de él 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 y le dijo: Sal de tu tierra y de tu parentela, y vé a la tierra que te muestre.
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 Salió de [la] tierra de [los] caldeos y vivió en Harán. De allí, después de morir su padre, [Dios] lo trasladó 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 30 centímetros. Aunque no tenía hijo, le prometió darla en posesión a él y a su descendencia.
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 le dijo: Tus descendientes vivirán como extranjeros en una tierra ajena por 400 años, y la esclavizarán y maltratarán.
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, dijo Dios, a la nación a la cual servirán como esclavos. Después de esto, 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 Hizo con él un Pacto de circuncisión. Así engendró a Isaac y lo circuncidó al octavo día. Isaac [engendró] a Jacob, y Jacob a los 12 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 por envidia hacia José, lo vendieron para Egipto. Pero Dios estaba con él
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
10 y lo libró de todas sus aflicciones. Le dio gracia y sabiduría delante de Faraón, rey de Egipto, quien lo designó gobernador sobre Egipto y 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 en todo Egipto y Canaán vino una hambruna y una gran aflicción, y nuestros antepasados no hallaban alimento.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12 Pero cuando Jacob supo que había alimento en Egipto, envió primero a nuestros antepasados.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 En la segunda ocasión, José se dio a conocer a sus hermanos, y el linaje de José fue declarado a Faraón.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
14 José llamó a su padre Jacob y a toda su parentela, en número de 75 personas.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Así que Jacob bajó a Egipto, y murieron él y nuestros antepasados.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 Sus restos fueron trasladados a Siquem y puestos en el sepulcro que Abraham compró 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 vino el tiempo de la promesa que Dios juró a Abraham, el pueblo crecía y se multiplicaba 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 surgió otro rey que no conocía a José.
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
19 Éste trató con astucia a nuestro linaje y maltrató a los antepasados pues los obligó a que expusieran a sus bebés a la intemperie, a fin de que no sobrevivieran.
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 aquel tiempo nació Moisés, y fue agradable a Dios. Fue criado tres meses en la casa del 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 Pero cuando él fue expuesto, la hija de Faraón lo recogió y lo crió para ella como hijo.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22 Moisés fue educado en toda [la] sabiduría de [los] egipcios y era poderoso en sus palabras y obras.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 Cuando cumplió 40 años, le vino al 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 a uno que era tratado injustamente, mató al egipcio y vengó al oprimido.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Suponía entonces que sus hermanos entendían que Dios les daba salvación por medio de él, pero ellos no 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 de] ellos que se peleaban. Los reconciliaba en paz y decía: Varones, 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 lo empujó y dijo: ¿Quién te designó 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 tú matarme como mataste ayer al egipcio?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Ante esta declaración, Moisés huyó al extranjero, a tierra de Madián, donde engendró 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 Transcurridos 40 años, le apareció un ángel en la región despoblada de la montaña 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 la vio, admiraba la visión. Al acercarse para observar, oyó una 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 antepasados, el Dios de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. Moisés quedó aterrado y 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 El Señor le dijo: Quita las sandalias 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 en Egipto, escuché su gemido y descendí a 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 rechazaron y dijeron: ¿Quién te designó gobernante y juez? Dios lo envió como gobernante y redentor por medio de un ángel que 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 Éste los sacó por medio de prodigios y señales milagrosas en la tierra de Egipto, en el mar Rojo y en el desierto durante 40 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 Éste es el Moisés que dijo a los hijos de Israel: Dios les levantará profeta de entre sus hermanos, como a mí.
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 Éste fue quien estuvo con la congregación en el desierto, con el Ángel que le hablaba en la montaña Sinaí y con nuestros antepasados, quien recibió Palabras vivientes para darnos.
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 Nuestros antepasados no [le] obedecieron, sino [lo] rechazaron. En sus corazones se volvieron a Egipto
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 y dijeron a Aarón: ¡Haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros, porque este Moisés quien nos sacó de [la] tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le pasó!
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 regocijaron en las obras 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 Pero Dios desistió y los entregó a rendir culto al ejército del cielo, como está escrito en el rollo de los profetas: ¿Oh casa de Israel, me ofrecieron ofrendas y sacrificios en el desierto por 40 años?
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 Mas bien llevaron el tabernáculo de Moloc y la estrella del dios Renfán, las imágenes que hicieron para adorarlas. Los deportaré, pues, 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 antepasados tenían el Tabernáculo del Testimonio en el desierto, como ordenó el que hablaba a Moisés para hacerlo según el modelo que vio.
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 Después que nuestros antepasados lo recibieron, Josué lo introdujo en la posesión de las naciones que Dios expulsó de [la] presencia de nuestros antepasados 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 quien halló gracia delante de Dios, y pidió construir un Tabernáculo para la casa 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 Casa.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
48 Sin embargo, el Altísimo no mora en [casas] hechas por manos humanas. 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, estrado de mis pies. ¿Qué clase de casa me edificarán? dice [el] Señor. ¿O cuál lugar para 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 las cosas?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
51 ¡Indómitos e incircuncisos de corazón y de oídos! Ustedes resisten constantemente al Espíritu Santo. Son como sus antepasados.
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 los antepasados de ustedes? Mataron a los que predijeron la venida del Justo. Lo traicionaron y asesinaron.
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 Recibieron la Ley por instrucciones de ángeles y no [la] guardaron.
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
54 Al oír estas cosas, sus corazones se enfurecieron y crujían los dientes contra él.
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 al cielo, vio [la] gloria de Dios y a Jesús en pie a la mano 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 y dijo: ¡Ciertamente veo los cielos abiertos y al Hijo del Hombre en pie a [la ]mano 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 arremetieron unánimes contra él.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
58 Después de sacarlo de la ciudad, [lo] apedrearon. Los testigos colocaron sus ropas 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 Y mientras apedreaban a Esteban, [él] invocaba: ¡Señor Jesús, recibe mi espíritu!
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Cayó de rodillas y clamó a gran voz: ¡Señor, no les atribuyas este pecado! Y después de decir 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)