1 ULB Porém, naquele tempo, o rei Herodes prendeu alguns da igreja para os maltratar, BSB BSB: About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
2 ULB e matou Tiago, o irmão de João, com a espada. BSB BSB: He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
3 ULB Depois de ter visto que isso agradou aos judeus, prosseguiu para prender também Pedro. Isso ocorreu durante os dias dos Pães sem Fermento. BSB BSB: And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4 ULB Após deter Pedro, colocou-o na prisão e pôs quatro grupos de quatro soldados para vigiá-lo, pretendendo trazê-lo para o povo após a Páscoa. BSB BSB: He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5 ULB Então Pedro foi mantido numa prisão, porém a igreja orava a Deus por ele fervorosamente. BSB BSB: So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6 ULB Naquela noite, quando Herodes estava para apresentá-lo, Pedro estava dormindo entre dois soldados, preso com duas correntes, e, à frente da porta, guardas estavam vigiando a prisão. BSB BSB: On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7 ULB Então um anjo do Senhor repentinamente lhe apareceu, e uma luz resplandeceu na cela. O anjo tocou no lado de Pedro, acordou-o e disse: "Levanta rapidamente". Então suas correntes caíram de suas mãos. BSB BSB: Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
8 ULB O anjo disse-lhe: "Coloca tua roupa e calça tuas sandálias". Pedro fez isso. O anjo disse a ele: "Coloca tua capa e segue-me". BSB BSB: “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9 ULB Pedro seguiu o anjo e saiu. Ele não sabia se o que o anjo fizera era real. Ele pensou que estava tendo uma visão. BSB BSB: So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10 ULB Depois de passar pela primeira e pela segunda guarda, chegaram ao portão de ferro que dava para a cidade, o qual se abriu sozinho para eles. Saindo, desceram uma rua, e o anjo imediatamente o deixou. BSB BSB: They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
11 ULB Quando Pedro caiu em si, disse: "Verdadeiramente, agora sei que o Senhor enviou seu anjo e me livrou da mão de Herodes e de toda a expectativa do povo judeu". BSB BSB: Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 ULB Após ter entendido isso, foi para casa de Maria, mãe de João, cujo sobrenome era Marcos, onde muitos cristãos estavam reunidos e oravam. BSB BSB: And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 ULB Quando bateu à porta, uma serva chamada Rode saiu para atender. BSB BSB: He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 ULB Ao reconhecer a voz de Pedro, transbordou de alegria e esqueceu de abrir a porta. Em vez disso, correndo para a sala, informou que Pedro estava em pé, à porta. BSB BSB: When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 ULB Então eles lhe disseram: "Tu estás louca". Porém ela insistia. Eles disseram: "É o anjo dele". BSB BSB: “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 ULB Mas Pedro continuou batendo e, quando abriram a porta, viram-no e ficaram maravilhados. BSB BSB: But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17 ULB Acenando-lhes com a mão para que ficassem em silêncio, contou-lhes como o Senhor o retirara da prisão. Ele disse: "Informai essas coisas a Tiago e aos irmãos." Então saiu e foi para outro lugar. BSB BSB: Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18 ULB Quando o dia clareou, havia muita agitação entre os soldados a respeito do que havia acontecido a Pedro. BSB BSB: At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 ULB Depois de Herodes ter procurado por ele, não podendo encontrá-lo, interrogou os guardas e ordenou que fossem executados. Então Herodes desceu da Judeia para a Cesareia e passou algum tempo ali. BSB BSB: After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20 ULB Herodes estava furioso com os habitantes de Tiro e Sidom, os quais foram juntos até ele, e persuadiram Blasto, o assistente do rei, para ajudá-los. Então pediram paz, porque a terra deles recebia comida do país do rei. BSB BSB: Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
21 ULB Num determinado dia, Herodes vestiu trajes reais, sentou-se no trono e fez um discurso para eles. BSB BSB: On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
22 ULB As pessoas gritaram: "Esta é a voz de um deus, não de um homem!" BSB BSB: And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
23 ULB Imediatamente um anjo do Senhor o feriu, porque não deu glória a Deus, e, comido por vermes, morreu. BSB BSB: Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24 ULB Contudo a palavra de Deus crescia e se multiplicava. BSB BSB: But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
25 ULB Barnabé e Saulo retornaram de Alguns manuscritos trazem: "retornaram para" Jerusalém após terem completado sua missão, levando consigo João, cujo sobrenome era Marcos. BSB BSB: When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.