Atos 5 - Bíblia Online

Mas um homem chamado Ananias, com sua mulher Safira, vendeu uma propriedade, 
e reteve parte do preço, sabendo-o também sua mulher; e, levando uma parte, depositou-a aos pés dos apóstolos. 
Pedro disse-lhe: Ananias, por que encheu Satanás o teu coração, para que mentisses ao Espírito Santo, e retivesses parte do preço do terreno? 
Porventura se não o vendesses, não seria ele teu; e vendido, não estava o preço no teu poder? Como formaste este desígnio no teu coração? Não mentiste aos homens, mas a Deus. 
Ananias, ao ouvir estas palavras, caiu e expirou; e sobreveio grande temor a todos os ouvintes. 
Levantando-se os moços, amortalharam-no e, levando-o para fora, sepultaram-no. 
Depois de um intervalo de cerca de três horas entrou sua mulher, não sabendo o que tinha sucedido. 
Pedro perguntou-lhe: Dize-me se vendestes por tanto o terreno? Ela respondeu: Sim, por tanto. 
Mas Pedro disse-lhe: Por que é que vós combinastes provar o Espírito do Senhor? eis à porta os pés dos que sepultaram teu marido, e eles te levarão a ti para fora. 
Imediatamente caiu aos pés dele e expirou. Entrando os mancebos, acharam-na morta e, levando-a para fora, sepultaram-na junto a seu marido. 
Sobreveio grande temor a toda a igreja e a todos os que ouviram estas coisas. 
Faziam-se muitos milagres e prodígios entre o povo pelas mãos dos apóstolos. Todos estavam de comum acordo no pórtico de Salomão; 
dos outros, porém, nenhum ousava ajuntar-se a eles, mas o povo os engrandecia. 
Cada vez mais se agregavam crentes ao Senhor, homens e mulheres em grande número, 
a ponto de levarem os enfermos até pelas ruas e os porem em leitos e enxergões, para que, ao passar Pedro, ao menos a sua sombra cobrisse algum deles. 
Também das cidades circunvizinhas de Jerusalém afluía uma multidão, trazendo enfermos e atormentados de espíritos imundos, os quais eram todos curados. 
Levantando-se, porém, o sumo sacerdote e todos os que estavam com ele (que eram da seita dos saduceus), encheram-se de inveja, 
prenderam os apóstolos e os recolheram à prisão pública. 
Mas um anjo do Senhor abriu de noite as portas do cárcere e, conduzindo-os para fora, disse-lhes: 
Ide e, no templo, postos em pé, falai ao povo todas as palavras desta vida. 
Tendo ouvido isto, entraram ao amanhecer no templo e ensinavam. Mas comparecendo o sumo sacerdote e os que estavam com ele, convocaram o sinédrio e todo o senado dos filhos de Israel, e enviaram os oficiais ao cárcere para trazê-los. 
Mas os oficiais que lá foram, não os acharam no cárcere; e tendo voltado, relataram: 
Achamos o cárcere fechado com toda a segurança e os guardas às portas, mas, abrindo-as, a ninguém achamos dentro. 
Quando o capitão do templo e os principais sacerdotes ouviram estas palavras, ficaram perplexos a respeito deles e do que viria a ser isto. 
Chegou alguém e anunciou-lhes: Eis que os homens, que metestes no cárcere, estão no templo, postos em pé, e ensinando o povo. 
Nisto foi o capitão com os oficiais e os trouxe sem violência, porque eles temiam ser apedrejados pelo povo. 
Tendo-os trazido, os apresentaram no sinédrio. O sumo sacerdote interrogou-os, 
dizendo: Expressamente vos admoestamos que não ensinásseis nesse nome, e eis que tendes enchido Jerusalém com o vosso ensino, e quereis trazer sobre nós o sangue desse homem. 
Mas Pedro e os apóstolos responderam: Importa antes obedecer a Deus que aos homens. 
O Deus de nossos pais ressuscitou a Jesus, que vós matastes, pendurando-o num madeiro; 
a este elevou Deus com a sua destra a Príncipe e Salvador, para dar arrependimento a Israel e remissão de pecados. 
Nós somos testemunhas destas coisas, e bem assim o Espírito Santo, que Deus deu aos que lhe obedecem. 
Mas eles, quando ouviram isto, se enfureceram, e queriam matá-los. 
Levantando-se, porém, no sinédrio um fariseu chamado Gamaliel, doutor da lei, acatado por todo o povo, mandou retirar os apóstolos por um pouco, 
e disse: Israelitas, atentai bem para o que ides fazer a estes homens. 
Pois faz já algum tempo que Teudas se levantou, dizendo ser alguma coisa, ao qual se ajuntaram uns quatrocentos homens; ele foi morto, e todos quantos lhe obedeciam, foram dissolvidos e reduzidos a nada. 
Depois deste levantou-se Judas, o galileu, nos dias do alistamento e levou muitos consigo; esse também pereceu, e todos quantos lhe obedeciam, foram dispersos. 
Agora vos digo: Não vos metais com esses homens, mas deixai-os; porque se este conselho ou esta obra for de homens, se desfará; 
mas se é de Deus, não podereis desfazê-la, para que não sejais, porventura, achados até pelejando contra Deus. 
Concordaram com ele; e tendo chamado os apóstolos, açoitaram-nos e ordenaram-lhes que não falassem em o nome de Jesus, e soltaram-nos. 
Eles, pois, saíram do sinédrio, regozijando-se por terem sido achados dignos de sofrer afrontas pelo nome de Jesus; 
e todos os dias no templo e em casa não cessavam de ensinar e pregar a Jesus, o Cristo. 

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property, 
And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles. 
But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 
While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God. 
And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present. 
And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth. 
And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in. 
And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was. 
But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out. 
And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband. 
Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things. 
Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way. 
The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them; 
And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord; 
And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade. 
And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well. 
But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy, 
And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison. 
But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said, 
Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life. 
And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them. 
But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news, 
Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside. 
Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business. 
And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people. 
Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people. 
And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them, 
We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death. 
But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man. 
The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree. 
Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins. 
And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws. 
But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death. 
But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time. 
And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men. 
For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing. 
After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight. 
And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing: 
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God. 
And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go. 
So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name. 
And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. 

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