Atos 16

Paulo leva consigo a Timóteo

1 Chegou também a *At 14.6Derbe e a Listra. Achava-se ali um discípulo chamado *At 17.14s.;18.5;19.22;20.4;Rm 16.21;1Co 4.17;16.10;2Co 1.1,19;Fp 1.1;2.19;Cl 1.1;1Ts 1.1;3.2,6;2Ts 1.1;1Tm 1.2,18;6.20;2Tm 1.2;Fp 1;Hb 13.23Timóteo, filho de *2Tm 1.5;3.15uma judia crente, mas de pai grego; 2 dele davam bom testemunho *At 16.40os irmãos em Listra e *At 13.51Icônio. 3 Paulo quis que ele fosse em sua companhia e, *cp.Gl 2.3tomando-o, circuncidou-o por causa dos judeus daqueles lugares; pois todos sabiam que seu pai era grego. 4 Quando iam passando pelas cidades, entregavam-lhes para serem observadas *At 15.28s.as decisões que haviam sido tomadas *At 15.2pelos apóstolos e *At 11.30presbíteros em Jerusalém. 5 Assim *cp.At 9.31as igrejas eram fortalecidas na fé e *At 2.47aumentavam em número cada dia.

A visão em Trôade

6 Atravessaram a região *At 2.10;18.23frígio-*At 18.23;1Co 16.1;Gl 1.2;3.1;2Tm 4.10;1Pe 1.1gálata, tendo sido impedidos pelo Espírito Santo de anunciar a palavra na *At 2.9Ásia. 7 Tendo viajado na direção de *At 16.8Mísia, tentavam seguir para *1Pe 1.1Bitínia, mas o *Lc 24.49;Rm 8.9;Gl 4.6;Fp 1.19;1Pe 1.11; cp.At 8.29Espírito de Jesus não o permitiu; 8 e, tendo passado ao lado de Mísia, desceram a *At 16.11;At 20.5s.;2Co 2.12;2Tm 4.13Trôade. 9 De noite, apareceu a Paulo esta *At 9.10visão: um homem da *At 16.10,12;At 18.5;19.21-22,29;20.1,3;27.2;Rm 15.26Macedônia achava-se em pé, rogando-lhe: Passa à Macedônia e ajuda-nos. 10 Depois dessa *At 9.10visão, *At 16.10-17;20.5-15;21.1-18; 27.1—28.16procuramos logo partir para a Macedônia, concluindo que Deus nos havia chamado para aí *At 14.7pregarmos o evangelho.

Paulo em Filipos. Lídia convertida

11 Tendo, pois, navegado de *At 16.8;At 20.5s.;2Co 2.12;2Tm 4.13Trôade, fomos *At 21.1em direitura a Samotrácia, no dia seguinte, a Neápolis 12 e dali, a *At 20.6;Fp 1.1;1Ts 2.2Filipos, cidade *At 16.9-10;At 18.5;19.21-22,29;20.1,3;27.2;Rm 15.26da Macedônia, primeira do distrito *cp.At 16.21e colônia. Nessa cidade, ficamos alguns dias. 13 No *At 13.14sábado, saímos fora da porta para junto de um rio, onde julgávamos haver um lugar de oração, e, sentados, falávamos às mulheres que ali haviam concorrido. 14 Uma mulher chamada Lídia, vendedora de púrpura, da cidade de *Ap 1.11;2.18,24Tiatira *At 18.7; cp.13.43e que temia a Deus, nos escutava; *cp.Lc 24.45e o Senhor abriu-lhe o coração para atender às coisas que Paulo dizia. 15 Depois de serem batizadas, *At 11.14ela e sua casa, fez-nos este pedido: Se julgais que sou crente no Senhor, entrai em minha casa e ficai nela; e constrangeu-nos a isso.

A cura de uma moça que tinha um espírito adivinhador

16 Enquanto íamos *At 16.13ao lugar de oração, veio-nos ao encontro uma moça que tinha um *cp.Lv 19.31;20.6,27;Dt 18.11;1Sm 28.3,7;2Rs 21.6;1Cr 10.13;Is 8.19espírito adivinhador, a qual, com as suas adivinhações, dava muito lucro aos amos. 17 Ela, seguindo a Paulo e a nós, clamava: Estes homens que vos anunciam o caminho da salvação são servos *Mc 5.7do Deus Altíssimo. 18 E fazia isso por muitos dias. Mas Paulo, enfadado, virou-se para ela e disse ao espírito: Eu te ordeno *cp.Mc 16.17em nome de Jesus Cristo que saias dela; e, na mesma hora, saiu.

Paulo e Silas açoitados e presos. A conversão do carcereiro

19 Vendo os seus amos que se lhes havia acabado a esperança do *At 16.16; cp.At 19.25s.lucro, pegaram *At 15.40;At 16.25,29; cp.At 15.22em Paulo e Silas, e *cp.At 17.6s.;21.30;Tg 2.6;At 8.3arrastaram-nos para a praça à presença das autoridades, 20 e, apresentando-os aos pretores, disseram: Estes judeus estão perturbando muito a nossa cidade 21 e *cp.Et 3.8anunciam costumes que não nos é lícito receber nem praticar, sendo nós *At 16.12romanos. 22 A multidão levantou-se à uma contra eles, e os pretores, rasgando-lhes os vestidos, mandaram *2Co 11.25; cp.1Ts 2.2açoitá-los com varas, 23 e, depois de lhes darem muitos açoites, lançaram-nos numa prisão, mandando ao *At 16.27,36carcereiro que os guardasse com segurança. 24 Ele, tendo recebido tal ordem, lançou-os na prisão interior e apertou-lhes os pés no *Jó 13.27;33.11;Jr 20.2s.;29.26tronco. 25 Mas, pela meia-noite, *At 16.19Paulo e Silas oravam e *Ef 5.19cantavam hinos a Deus, e os presos escutavam-nos. 26 Subitamente, *cp.At 4.31houve um grande terremoto, de modo que foram abalados os alicerces do cárcere; logo, *At 12.10se abriram todas as portas, e *cp.At 12.7foram soltas as correntes de todos. 27 Tendo acordado o carcereiro e vendo abertas as portas da prisão, tirou da espada e ia *cp.At 12.19suicidar-se, supondo que os presos haviam fugido. 28 Mas Paulo bradou em alta voz: Não te faças nenhum mal, porque todos estamos aqui. 29 O carcereiro, tendo pedido uma luz, saltou dentro da prisão, e, tremendo, lançou-se aos pés de Paulo e de Silas, 30 e, tirando-os para fora, perguntou-lhes: Senhores, *cp.At 2.37;22.10que me é necessário fazer para me salvar? 31 Responderam eles: *cp.Mc 16.16Crê no Senhor Jesus e serás salvo, tu e *At 11.14;At 16.15a tua casa. 32 Anunciaram-lhe a palavra de Deus e a todos os que estavam em sua casa. 33 Ele, *At 16.25naquela mesma hora da noite, tomando-os consigo, lavou-lhes as feridas e foi logo batizado, ele e todos os seus. 34 Fazendo-os subir para sua casa, deu-lhes de comer e alegrou-se muito com *At 11.14;At 16.15toda a sua casa, por haver crido em Deus.

Paulo e Silas soltos da prisão

35 Quando amanheceu, os pretores enviaram lictores a dizer-lhe: Solta esses homens. 36 O carcereiro referiu essas palavras a Paulo, dizendo: Os pretores mandaram soltar-vos. Agora, pois, saí e ide *At 15.33em paz. 37 Mas Paulo disse aos lictores: Açoitaram-nos publicamente sem sermos condenados, *At 22.25-29sendo romanos, e lançaram-nos na prisão; e, agora, nos lançam fora secretamente? Pois não há de ser assim, mas venham eles mesmos e tirem-nos. 38 Os lictores deram parte disso aos pretores. Estes *At 22.29temeram, ao saber que eles eram romanos, 39 e, vindo, procuraram conciliá-los; e, tirando-os para fora, pediam-lhes que *cp.Mt 8.34se retirassem da cidade. 40 Eles, saindo da prisão, entraram na casa de *At 16.14Lídia, e, vendo *At 16.2;At 1.15os irmãos, consolaram-nos, e partiram.

1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. 5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. 11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. 13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. 35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. 36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. 40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.