2 ULB Ele levou a outra parte e colocou aos pés dos apóstolos. BSB BSB: With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
4 ULB Enquanto permanecia sem ser vendida, não era somente tua? E depois de ser vendida, não estava sob teu controle? Como tu pensaste essas coisas no teu coração? Vós não mentistes aos homens, mas a Deus". BSB BSB: Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
5 ULB Ao ouvir essas palavras, Ananias caiu e expirou. Grande temor sobreveio a todos os que ouviram isso. BSB BSB: On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
6 ULB E levantando-se os moços, cobriram-no, carregaram-no para fora e sepultaram-no. BSB BSB: Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7 ULB Após cerca de três horas, entrou também sua mulher, não sabendo o que tinha acontecido. BSB BSB: About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
8 ULB Pedro disse para ela: "Conte-me se tu vendeste aquela propriedade por tal quantia?". Ela lhe respondeu: "Sim, vendi por essa quantia". BSB BSB: “Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”
9 ULB Então, Pedro lhe disse: "Por que entraste em acordo para tentar o Espírito do Senhor? Veja, os que sepultaram o teu marido estão na porta, eles também te levarão". BSB BSB: “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
10 ULB Imediatamente ela caiu aos pés dele e expirou, e os moços vieram e acharam-na morta; levaram-na para fora e sepultaram-na junto ao seu marido. BSB BSB: At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
12 ULB Muitos sinais e maravilhas estavam acontecendo entre o povo pelas mãos dos apóstolos. E eles estavam reunidos no Pórtico de Salomão. BSB BSB: The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
13 ULB Embora o povo os estimasse muito, ninguém mais tinha coragem de juntar-se a eles. BSB BSB: Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
14 ULB E crescia cada vez mais a multidão de crentes no Senhor, tanto homens como mulheres, BSB BSB: Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
15 ULB de maneira que até mesmo os doentes eram levados para as ruas e colocados em leitos e macas, afim de que, quando Pedro passasse, ao menos a sua sombra se projetasse sobre alguns deles. BSB BSB: As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
16 ULB Também vinham juntos em grande número de pessoas das cidades ao redor de Jerusalém, levando doentes e atormentados por espíritos impuros, e todos eram curados. BSB BSB: Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
17 ULB Então o sumo sacerdote se levantou, e todos os que estavam com ele, (isto é, a seita dos saduceus) e tomados de inveja BSB BSB: Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
18 ULB prenderam os apóstolos, colocando-os na prisão pública. BSB BSB: and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19 ULB Durante a noite, o anjo do Senhor abriu as portas da cadeia, tirou-os para fora e disse-lhes: BSB BSB: But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
20 ULB "Ide, apresentai-vos no templo e anunciai para as pessoas todas as palavras dessa vida". BSB BSB: “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
21 ULB Após ouvirem isso, entraram no templo ao alvorecer do dia e começaram a ensinar. Porém, chegando o sumo sacerdote e os que estavam com ele, convocaram o Conselho, com todos os líderes religiosos de Israel e enviaram guardas a prisão para trazer os apóstolos. BSB BSB: At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22 ULB Os guardas foram até lá, contudo, não os encontraram na prisão, retornaram e reportaram: BSB BSB: But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
23 ULB "Encontramos a prisão trancada com toda segurança, e os guardas em pé juntos às portas, todavia, quando as abrimos, não encontramos ninguém". BSB BSB: “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
24 ULB Quando o capitão da guarda do templo e os principais sacerdotes ouviram essas palavras, ficaram muito perplexos concernente ao que havia acontecido. Então chegou alguém e os avisou: BSB BSB: When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
25 ULB "Os homens que colocastes na prisão estão no templo ensinado as pessoas". BSB BSB: Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
26 ULB Então o capitão foi com os oficiais e os trouxeram sem violência, pois temiam que o povo os apedrejasse. BSB BSB: At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
27 ULB E, depois de trazê-los, os apresentaram ao Conselho. O sumo sacerdote os interrogou, BSB BSB: They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
28 ULB dizendo: "Ordenamos expressamente que não ensinásseis nesse nome, ainda sim, enchestes Jerusalém com o vosso ensino e quereis lançar sobre nós o sangue desse homem". BSB BSB: “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
29 ULB Entretanto, Pedro e os apóstolos responderam: "Devemos obedecer a Deus mais do que a homens. BSB BSB: But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
30 ULB O Deus de nossos pais ressuscitou a Jesus, a quem vós matastes, suspendendo-o num madeiro. BSB BSB: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
31 ULB Deus O exaltou à sua mão direita para ser Príncipe e Salvador, para dar o arrependimento a Israel e a remissão dos pecados. BSB BSB: God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
32 ULB Somos testemunhas dessas coisas, e assim é o Espirito Santo, que Deus tem dado para aqueles que O obedecem". BSB BSB: We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
33 ULB Quando ouviram isso, os membros do Conselho enfureceram-se e quiseram matar os apóstolos. BSB BSB: When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
34 ULB Mas um fariseu chamado Gamaliel, doutor da lei, respeitado por todas as pessoas, levantou-se e ordenou que os apóstolos fossem levados para fora por um momento. BSB BSB: But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
35 ULB Em seguida disse-lhes: "Homens de Israel, prestai muita atenção com o que estais para fazer com essas pessoas. BSB BSB: “Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
36 ULB Há algum tempo atrás, Teudas se levantou dizendo ser alguém, e um número de homens, cerca de quatrocentos, ajuntou-se a ele. Ele foi morto, e todos os que o seguiram foram dispersos e reduzidos a nada. BSB BSB: Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
38 ULB Digo-vos, afastai-vos desses homens e deixai-os, porque se esse plano ou obra é de homens, perecerá. BSB BSB: So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
39 ULB Todavia, se é de Deus, vós não podereis destruí-los, para que não sejais, porventura, achados lutando contra Deus". E assim, eles foram convencidos. BSB BSB: But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
40 ULB Em seguida, chamando os apóstolos, os açoitaram, ordenando-lhes que não falassem no nome de Jesus, e os permitiram ir. BSB BSB: At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
41 ULB Eles deixaram o Conselho regozijando-se por terem sido considerados dignos de sofrer afronta pelo Nome de Jesus. BSB BSB: The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
42 ULB Depois disso, todos os dias, no templo e de casa em casa, continuamente ensinavam e pregavam a Jesus, o Cristo. BSB BSB: Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
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