14 And even more believers in the Lord[a] were being added, large numbers of both men and women, 15 so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and put them[b] on cots and mats[c] so that when[d] Peter came by, at least his[e] shadow would fall on some of them. 16 And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 5:14 Or “even more believers were being added to the Lord”
  2. Acts 5:15 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 5:15 Or “mattresses”
  4. Acts 5:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came by”)
  5. Acts 5:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.(A) 15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.(B) 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.(C)

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