Acts · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Acts 4 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Audio: Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA), read by Joyfull · About the recordings
1 Mientras hablaban a la gente, los sacerdotes, el capitán del Templo y los saduceos llegaron donde ellos estaban.
1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
2 Estaban enojados porque ellos estaban enseñándole a la gente, diciéndoles que por medio de Jesús hay resurrección de la muerte.
2 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 Entonces los arrestaron y los pusieron bajo custodia hasta el día siguiente, pues ya era de noche.
3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
4 Pero muchos de los que habían escuchado el mensaje lo creyeron, y el número total de creyentes aumentó hasta cerca de cinco mil.
4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
5 El día siguiente, los gobernantes, los ancianos y los líderes religiosos se reunieron en Jerusalén.
5 In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
6 E incluyeron al Sumo Sacerdote Anás, Caifás, Juan, Alejandro y a otros miembros de la familia de sacerdotes.
6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
7 Y trajeron a Pedro y a Juan delante de ellos, y les preguntaron: “¿Con qué poder o autoridad han hecho esto?”
7 When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
8 Entonces Pedro, lleno del Espíritu Santo, les respondió. “Gobernantes del pueblo, y ancianos:
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
9 ¿Se nos está interrogando por un bien que se le hizo a un hombre que no podía hacer nada por sí mismo, y cómo fue sanado?
9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
10 Si es así, todos ustedes deben saber, y todo el pueblo de Nazaret también, que fue en el nombre de Jesucristo de Nazaret, al que ustedes mataron en una cruz y a quien Dios levantó de los muertos. Es gracias a él que este hombre está en pie delante de ustedes, completamente sanado.
10 may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.
11 ‘Él es la piedra que ustedes los constructores rechazaron, pero ha sido puesta como piedra angular’.
11 He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
12 No hay salvación en ningún otro; no hay otro nombre debajo del cielo, dado a la humanidad, que pueda salvarnos”.
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
13 Cuando vieron la confianza de Pedro y Juan, y se dieron cuenta de que eran hombres sin instrucción, hombres comunes, se sorprendieron mucho. También reconocieron a los demás compañeros de Jesús.
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
14 Y como veían al hombre que había sido sanado justo ahí junto a ellos, no tuvieron nada que decir en respuesta a lo que había sucedido.
14 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15 Entonces les dieron orden de esperar fuera del concilio mientras debatían el asunto entre ellos.
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16 “¿Qué debemos hacer con estos hombres?” preguntaron. “No podemos negar que por medio de ellos ha ocurrido un milagro importante. Todos los que viven aquí en Jerusalén saben de ello.
16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.
17 Pero para evitar que se difunda mucho más entre la gente, debemos amenazarlos para que no vuelvan a hablarle a nadie en este nombre”.
17 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”
18 Entonces los llamaron para que entraran nuevamente y les dieron orden de no volver a hablar o enseñar en el nombre de Jesús.
18 They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19 Pero Pedro y Juan respondieron: “Decidan ustedes si es correcto ante los ojos de Dios obedecerlos a ustedes antes que a él.
19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
20 ¡No podemos dejar de hablar sobre lo que hemos visto y oído!”
20 for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
21 Después de proferir más amenazas contra ellos, los dejaron ir. No pudieron resolver cómo podían castigarlos porque todos glorificaban a Dios por lo que había ocurrido.
21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
22 Porque el hombre que había recibido este milagro tenía más de cuarenta años de edad.
22 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
23 Después de que los discípulos fueron liberados, fueron donde estaban otros creyentes y les contaron todo lo que los jefes de los sacerdotes y los ancianos les habían dicho.
23 Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
24 Cuando estos oyeron lo que había sucedido, oraron juntos a Dios: “Señor, tú hiciste el cielo, la tierra y el mar, y todo lo que hay en ellos.
24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
25 Tú hablaste por medio del Espíritu Santo a través de David, nuestro padre y tu siervo, diciendo: ‘¿Por qué se enojaron los pueblos de otras naciones? ¿Por qué conspiran insensatamente contra mí?
25 who by the mouth of your servant David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
26 Los reyes de la tierra se prepararon para la guerra; los gobernantes se unieron contra el Señor y contra su Escogido’.
26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers plot together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
27 “¡Ahora esto en verdad ha sucedido aquí, en esta misma ciudad! Tanto Herodes como Poncio Pilato, junto con los extranjeros y el pueblo de Israel, unidos todos contra el Santo, tu santo siervo Jesús, a quien tú ungiste como Mesías.
27 “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
28 Ellos hicieron todo lo que tú ya habías decidido porque tú tuviste el poder y la voluntad para hacerlo.
28 to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.
29 “Ahora Señor: ¡mira todas sus amenazas contra nosotros! Ayuda a tus siervos a predicar tu palabra con valor.
29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
30 Y que al ejercer tu poder para sanar, las señales y milagros sean hechos en el nombre de tu santo siervo Jesús”.
30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”
31 Cuando terminaron de orar, la edificación donde estaban reunidos tembló. Y todos ellos fueron llenos del Espíritu Santo, y predicaban con valor la palabra de Dios.
31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
32 Todos los creyentes tenían un mismo pensar y un mismo sentir. Ninguno de ellos consideraba nada como suyo sino que compartían todas las cosas unos con otros.
32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
33 Los apóstoles daban su testimonio respecto a la resurrección del Señor Jesús con gran poder, y Dios los bendecía a todos en gran manera.
33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
34 Y ninguno de ellos necesitaba nada porque los que tenían tierras o propiedades las vendieron.
34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
35 Entonces tomaron las ganancias y las llevaron a los apóstoles para compartirlas con los que tenían necesidad.
35 and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
36 José, al que los apóstoles llamaban Bernabé (que quiere decir “hijo de la consolación”), era un Levita, nativo de Chipre.
36 Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
37 Este vendió un campo que era suyo. Luego trajo el dinero y lo presentó a los apóstoles.
37 having a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Alexander
Among those gathered with the rulers, elders and scribes at Jerusalem to question Peter and John.
Cited in the guide: Acts 4:6
Barnabas
A Levite from Cyprus named Joseph and nicknamed Barnabas, 'son of encouragement,' who sold a field for the church, brought Saul to the apostles, and traveled with him as a…
Cited in the guide: Acts 4:36; Acts 9:27; Acts 11:22
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 22:4; Acts 6:12; Acts 23:6–9; Acts 5:26; Acts 5:24
- 2 Acts 17:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14; Acts 24:14–15; 1 Corinthians 15:12–20; Acts 3:15
- 3 Acts 5:18; Acts 16:19–24; Matthew 10:16–17; Acts 12:1–3; Luke 22:52
- 4 Acts 2:41; 2 Timothy 2:9–10; 2 Corinthians 2:14–17; Philippians 1:12–18; Acts 28:24
- 5 Acts 4:8; Luke 22:66; Isaiah 1:10; Luke 23:13; Acts 6:12
- 6 Luke 3:2; Matthew 26:3; John 18:24; John 18:13–14; John 11:49
- 7 Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:28; Acts 5:40; Exodus 2:14; John 2:18
- 8 Luke 12:11–12; Matthew 10:19–20; Luke 21:14–15; Acts 2:4; Acts 7:55
- 9 1 Peter 3:15–17; Acts 3:7; John 10:32; John 7:23; 1 Peter 4:14
- 10 Acts 3:6; Acts 5:29–32; Acts 2:36; Acts 10:40–42; Matthew 27:63–66
- 11 Psalm 118:22–23; Isaiah 28:16; Mark 12:10–12; Matthew 21:42–45; 1 Peter 2:6–8
- 12 John 14:6; 1 Corinthians 3:11; John 3:36; 1 Timothy 2:5–6; 1 John 5:11–12
- 13 1 Corinthians 1:27; John 7:15; Matthew 11:25; Acts 2:7–12; Matthew 26:73
- 14 Acts 19:36; Acts 3:8–12; Acts 4:16; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:21
- 15 Matthew 5:22; Acts 26:30–32; Acts 5:34–42
- 16 Acts 6:10; John 12:18; Luke 21:15; Luke 6:10–11; Daniel 8:8
- 17 Acts 5:28; Romans 15:18–22; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Acts 5:24; 1 Thessalonians 1:8
- 18 Acts 5:40; Luke 24:46–48; Acts 5:20; Acts 1:8
- 19 Acts 5:29; Exodus 1:17; 1 Corinthians 10:15; 1 Timothy 2:3; 1 Kings 22:14
- 20 Jeremiah 20:9; Acts 22:15; 1 Corinthians 9:16–17; 1 John 1:1–3; Ezekiel 3:11
- 21 Acts 5:26; Luke 22:2; Matthew 9:8; Matthew 21:46; Luke 20:6
- 22 Acts 9:33; John 5:5; Acts 3:2; Matthew 9:20; John 9:1
- 23 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Psalm 42:4; Psalm 119:63; Acts 12:11–12; Psalm 16:3
- 24 Exodus 20:11; Jeremiah 32:17; Nehemiah 9:6; 2 Kings 19:15; Jeremiah 10:10–12
- 25 Psalm 2:1–6; Acts 1:16; Acts 2:30
- 26 Psalm 2:2; Revelation 17:12–14; Daniel 9:24; Psalm 83:2–8; Acts 10:38
- 27 Matthew 27:2; Acts 4:30; Luke 9:22; Matthew 20:18–19; John 1:11
- 28 Acts 2:23; Isaiah 46:10; Genesis 50:20; Matthew 26:24; Isaiah 53:10
- 29 Acts 4:13; Philippians 1:14; Acts 14:3; Acts 28:31; Acts 4:31
- 30 Acts 3:6; Acts 4:27; Acts 2:22; Acts 9:40–42; Acts 5:12
- 31 Matthew 21:22; Acts 2:4; Acts 2:2; Isaiah 65:24; Acts 16:25–26
- 32 1 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 4:2–6; 1 Peter 3:8; John 17:21–23; Philippians 2:1–2
- 33 John 1:16; Acts 1:22; Mark 16:20; Acts 1:8; Acts 4:30
- 34 Acts 2:45; Luke 12:33; Luke 16:9; Deuteronomy 2:7; Psalm 34:9–10
- 35 Acts 5:2; Acts 2:45; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; Acts 4:37; Acts 3:6
- 36 Galatians 2:9; Galatians 2:13; Galatians 2:1; Acts 15:39; Acts 11:30
- 37 Matthew 19:29; Acts 5:1–2; Acts 4:34–35
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Ere yet they had time to take breath after their first trials, straightway they enter into others. And observe how the events are disposed. First, they were all mocked together; this was no small trial: secondly, they enter into dangers.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… that the promise which God made to the fathers had been fulfilled by Jesus; not certainly proclaiming another god, but the Son of God, who also was made man, and suffered; thus leading Israel into knowledge, and through Jesus preaching the resurrection of the dead, and showing, that whatever the prophets had proclaimed as to the suffering of Christ, these …
… forgiving those sins which are divided against themselves, and by inhabiting those who are cleansed, that it may be with them, as it is written in the Acts of the Apostles, "The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul." And this gift of forgiveness none resists, but he who has the hardness of an …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For so, "the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul," and yet were they divided into many bodies; their unanimity however made the many one.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And thus, as they captured in the spiritual net of their doctrine five thousand believers at once, so they confuted the misguided rulers of the people and chief priests, and that, not through their own wisdom, for they were unlearned and ignorant men, but through the mighty power of the Holy Ghost; for it is written, Then Peter filled …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)