Atos 13

Barnabé e Saulo. A primeira viagem missionária

1 Havia na *At 11.26igreja de *At 11.19Antioquia *At 11.27;15.32;1Co 14.29,32,37; cp.At 19.6;21.9;1Co 11.4s.;13.2,8s.profetas e *1Co 12.28s.;Ef 4.11; cp.Rm 12.6s.;Tg 3.1doutores: *At 12.25; vd.4.36Barnabé, Simão, que tinha por sobrenome Níger, Lúcio de *Mt 27.32;At 11.20Cirene, Manaém, colaço de *Mt 14.1Herodes, o tetrarca, e Saulo. 2 Enquanto eles ministravam perante o Senhor e jejuavam, disse-lhes *At 8.29;At 13.4o Espírito Santo: Separai-me a Barnabé e a Saulo *cp.At 9.15para a obra a que os tenho chamado. 3 Então, depois que jejuaram, *At 1.24oraram, e *At 6.6lhes impuseram as mãos, *cp.At 14.26;At 13.4os despediram.

Elimas, o mago

4 Eles, pois, *At 13.2s.enviados pelo Espírito Santo, desceram a Selêucia, e dali navegaram para *At 4.36Chipre, 5 e, chegados a Salamina, anunciavam a palavra de Deus nas *At 9.20;At 13.14sinagogas dos judeus; e também tinham *At 12.12João como ajudante. 6 Havendo atravessado toda a ilha até Pafos, acharam um judeu chamado Barjesus, *cp.At 8.9mago, *Mt 7.15falso profeta, 7 que estava com *At 13.8,12;At 18.12;19.38o procônsul Sérgio Paulo, varão sensato. Este, tendo chamado a Barnabé e a Saulo, mostrou desejo de ouvir a palavra de Deus. 8 Mas Elimas, o mago (porque assim se interpreta o seu nome), opunha-se-lhes, procurando desviar *At 6.7da fé o procônsul. 9 Mas Saulo, também chamado Paulo, *At 4.8; vd.2.4cheio do Espírito de Deus, fixando nele os olhos, 10 disse: Ó *Mt 13.38; cp.Jo 8.44filho do Diabo, cheio de todo o engano e de toda a malícia, inimigo de toda a justiça, não cessarás tu de perverter *Os 14.9; cp.2Pe 2.15os caminhos retos do Senhor? 11 Agora, eis *Êx 9.3;1Sm 5.6s.;Sl 32.4; cp.Jó 19.21;Hb 10.31a mão do Senhor sobre ti, e ficarás cego, não vendo o sol por algum tempo. No mesmo instante, caiu sobre ele uma névoa e trevas, e, andando à roda, procurava quem o guiasse pela mão. 12 Então, o procônsul, vendo o que havia acontecido, creu, maravilhando-se *cp.At 13.49;At 8.25;15.35s.;19.10,20da doutrina do Senhor.

João volta a Jerusalém

13 Tendo Paulo e seus companheiros navegado de *At 13.6Pafos, foram a *At 14.25Perge na *At 2.10;14.24;15.38;27.5Panfília; João, porém, apartando-se deles, voltou a Jerusalém. 14 Mas eles, passando de Perge, foram a *At 14.19,21;2Tm 3.11Antioquia da *At 14.24Pisídia e, entrando na *At 9.20;At 13.5sinagoga *At 13.42,44;At 16.13;18.4; cp.17.2no dia de sábado, sentaram-se. 15 Depois da *At 15.21; cp.2Co 3.14s.leitura da lei e *At 13.27dos profetas, *Mc 5.22os chefes da sinagoga mandaram-lhes dizer: Irmãos, se tendes alguma palavra de exortação ao povo, dizei-a. 16 Paulo, levantando-se e *At 12.17acenando com a mão, disse:

O discurso de Paulo em Antioquia

Israelitas *cp.At 10.2;At 13.26e vós que temeis a Deus, ouvi: 17 O Deus deste povo de Israel *Dt 7.6-8;Êx 6.1,6;13.14,16;At 7.17ss.escolheu nossos pais, e exaltou a este povo no tempo em que habitou a terra do Egito, donde os tirou com braço excelso, 18 e suportou-lhes os maus costumes *Dt 1.31;Dt 9.7no deserto por espaço de quase *At 7.36quarenta anos; 19 *At 7.45e, havendo destruído *Dt 7.1sete nações na terra de Canaã, *Js 19.51;Sl 78.55deu-lhes esta terra por herança *cp.Jz 11.26;1Rs 6.1durante cerca de quatrocentos e cinquenta anos. 20 Depois disso, *Jz 2.16deu-lhes juízes, até *At 3.24o profeta Samuel. 21 Em seguida, eles *1Sm 8.5pediram rei, e Deus por quarenta anos lhes deu a *1Sm 10.1;9.1s.Saul, filho de Quis, da tribo de Benjamim; 22 e, *1Sm 15.23,26,28;16.1,13tendo deposto a este, elevou-lhes Davi como rei, ao qual também, dando testemunho, disse: *cp.At 7.46;1Sm 13.14;Sl 89.20Achei a Davi, filho de Jessé, homem segundo o meu coração, e ele fará todas as minhas vontades. 23 *Mt 1.1Da descendência deste, *cp.At 13.32s.conforme a promessa, trouxe Deus a Israel um *Lc 2.11;Jo 4.42Salvador, que é Jesus, 24 havendo *Mc 1.1-4; cp.At 1.22;19.4João primeiro pregado, antes da vinda dele, o batismo de arrependimento a todo o povo de Israel. 25 Quando João *At 20.24completava a sua carreira, *Jo 1.20,27; cp.Mt 3.11;Mc 1.7;Lc 3.16dizia: Eu não sou o que vós supondes; mas após mim vem aquele de cujos pés não sou digno de desatar as sandálias. 26 Irmãos, descendência de Abraão, e os que entre vós temem a Deus, a nós foi enviada a palavra *At 28.28; cp.5.20;4.12;At 13.46;Jo 6.68dessa salvação. 27 Pois os que habitavam em Jerusalém e os *Lc 23.13seus magistrados, *At 3.17não conhecendo a Jesus nem os ensinos *Lc 24.27dos profetas que *At 13.15se leem cada sábado, condenando-o, cumpriram as profecias; 28 e, se bem que não achassem causa alguma de morte, *At 3.14pediram a Pilatos que o fizesse morrer. 29 Quando tinham *cp.At 26.22cumprido tudo o que dele estava escrito, *cp.Lc 23.53tirando-o do *At 5.30madeiro, puseram-no em um túmulo. 30 Mas Deus *At 13.33-34,37;At 2.24o ressuscitou dentre os mortos; 31 e ele foi visto muitos dias por aqueles que com ele subiram da *At 1.11Galileia a Jerusalém, os quais agora são *Lc 24.48as suas testemunhas para com o povo. 32 *At 5.42;14.15Nós vos anunciamos as boas-novas *At 26.6; cp.At 13.23;Rm 1.2;4.13;9.4da promessa feita a nossos pais, 33 como Deus a cumpriu plenamente a nossos filhos, suscitando a Jesus, como também está escrito no Salmo segundo: *Sl 2.7Tu és meu Filho, eu, hoje, te gerei. 34 Que o ressuscitou dentre os mortos para nunca mais tornar à corrupção, ele o disse desta maneira: *Is 55.3Dar-vos-ei as santas e firmes coisas prometidas a Davi. 35 Por isso, também diz em outro Salmo: *At 2.27;Sl 16.10Não permitirás que o teu Santo experimente corrupção. 36 Na verdade, tendo *At 2.29Davi no seu tempo servido ao *cp.At 13.22;20.27conselho de Deus, *At 8.1;1Rs 2.10adormeceu e foi reunido a seus pais e experimentou corrupção; 37 porém aquele que Deus *At 13.33-34;At 2.24ressuscitou dentre os mortos não experimentou corrupção. 38 Seja-vos, pois, notório, irmãos, que *Lc 24.47; cp.At 2.38por este se vos anuncia remissão de pecados; 39 e de tudo aquilo de que não pudestes ser justificados pela Lei de Moisés, por este *Rm 3.28;10.4;At 10.43é justificado todo o que crê. 40 Guardai-vos, pois, de que não venha sobre vós o que foi dito *Hc 1.5;Jo 6.45; cp.At 7.42;Lc 24.44nos profetas:

41 Vede, ó desprezadores, maravilhai-vos e desaparecei,

porque eu faço uma obra nos vossos dias,

obra que de modo algum crereis, ainda que alguém vo-la refira.

Rogados a pregar no próximo sábado

42 Ao saírem eles, rogaram-lhes que no *At 13.14 próximo sábado se lhes repetissem essas palavras. 43 Despedida a sinagoga, muitos judeus e *Mt 23.15prosélitos *At 13.50;At 17.4,17; cp.16.14;18.7devotos seguiram a Paulo e Barnabé, e estes, falando-lhes, persuadiram-nos a perseverar *At 11.23na graça de Deus.

Paulo e Barnabé vão para os gentios

44 No *At 13.14sábado seguinte, reuniu-se quase a cidade toda para ouvir a palavra de Deus. 45 Mas *At 13.50;At 14.2,4,5,19;1Ts 2.16os judeus, vendo a multidão, encheram-se de inveja e, blasfemando, contradiziam o que Paulo falava. 46 Paulo e Barnabé, falando ousadamente, disseram: Era a vós que se devia *At 3.26; cp.At 13.5,14;At 9.20falar primeiramente a palavra de Deus; mas, visto que a rejeitais e vos julgais indignos da vida eterna, eis que nos *At 18.6;22.21;26.20;28.28; cp.19.9;9.15viramos para os gentios. 47 Pois assim no-lo ordenou o Senhor:

*Lc 2.32;Is 49.6Eu te tenho posto para luz dos gentios,

a fim de que sejas para salvação até os confins da terra.

48 Os gentios, ouvindo isso, regozijavam-se e glorificavam *cp.At 13.12a palavra do Senhor, e creram todos os que estavam *Rm 8.28ss.;Ef 1.4-5,11destinados para a vida eterna. 49 E divulgava-se a palavra do Senhor por toda aquela região. 50 Mas *At 13.45;At 14.2,4,5,19;1Ts 2.16os judeus instigaram *At 13.43;At 17.4,17; cp.16.14;18.7as mulheres devotas de *Mc 15.43alta posição e os principais da cidade, e excitaram uma perseguição contra Paulo e Barnabé, e expulsaram-nos do seu território. 51 *Mt 10.14; cp.At 18.6Mas, havendo estes sacudido contra aqueles o pó de seus pés, foram a *At 14.1,19,21;16.2;2Tm 3.11Icônio, 52 e os discípulos estavam *cp.At 2.4cheios de gozo e do Espírito Santo.

1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. 13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him from the dead: 31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.