Acts 5:15

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches that at the Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. INSOMUCH THAT THEY BROUGHT FORTH THE SICK INTO THE STREETS, [ kata (G2596) tas (G3588) plateias (G4113)] - 'by streets,' or from street to street, AND LAID THEM ON BEDS, [ klinoon (G2825), or klinarioon (G2824a), which is a much better supported reading] - the softer cus...

15._The shadow of Peter, as he came. _The Papists abuse this text, [as a pretexts] not only to the end they may commend reigned miracles, which they say are done at the graves of martyrs, but also that they may boast of their relics. Why (say they) shall not the grave, or garment, the touching of the bones of Peter, have power to heal, as well as his shadow had this power? I answer, we must not by and by think that that is right which Luke saith was done by ignorant men, and those which knew not the pure faith. Yet we have a more certain answer in readiness than this. For the apostles were endued with such power for this cause, because they were ministers of the gospel. Therefore they used this gift, inasmuch as it served to further the credit of the gospel; yea, God did no less show forth his power in their shadow than in their mouth. Those miracles whereof the Papists babble are so unl...

12-16 The separation of hypocrites by distinguishing judgments, should make the sincere cleave closer to each other and to the gospel ministry. Whatever tends to the purity and reputation of the church, promotes its enlargement; but that power alone which wrought such miracles by the apostles, can rescue sinners from the power of sin and Satan, and add believers to His worshippers. Christ will work by all his faithful servants; and every one who applies to him shall be healed....

Verse Acts 5:15. _INSOMUCH THAT THEY BROUGHT FORTH THE SICK_] This verse is a continuation of the subject begun in the 12th. Acts 5:12 The following is the order in which all these verses should be read, from the 11th to the 15th. Acts 5:11 Verse Acts 5:11. And great fear came upon all the Church, and upon as many as heard these things. Verse Acts 5:13. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them; but the people magnified them: Verse Acts 5:14. And believers we

INSOMUCH - So that. This should be connected with Acts 5:12. Many miracles were performed by the apostles, “insomuch, etc.” THEY BROUGHT FORTH - The people, or the friends of the sick, brought them forth. BEDS - κλινῶν klinōn. This word denotes usually the “soft” and “valuable” beds on which the rich commonly lay. And it means that the rich, as well as the poor, were laid in the path of Peter and the other apostles. COUCHES - κραββάτων krabatōn. The coarse and hard couches on which the poor used to lie, Mark 2:4,...

EXPOSITION ACTS 5:1 ANANIAS (Ἀνανίας) In Nehemiah 3:23 the Hebrew name היָנְנַעֲ (God covers or protects) is thus rendered in the LXX. But the name occurs nowhere else. The very common name היָנְנַהֲ_, Hananiah _(God is gracious), is also rendered in the LXX. Ananias (Ἀνανίας), and is doubtless the name meant here and in Acts 9:10; Acts 23:2, etc. SAPPHIRA does not occur elsewhere. It is either derived from the Aramean הרָיפָשַׁ, beautiful, or from the Hebrew ריפִסַ, a sapphire. A POSSESSION (see...

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets,.... These words are to be read in connection with the former part of the twelfth verse. Such miraculous cures being wrought by the apostles, the people who had sick persons in their houses, hearing of it brought them out; either "into the streets", as we render it, and as the Alexandrian copy reads; or "in every street" in Jerusalem, waiting for the apostles as they came, to receive a cure from them: AND LAID THEM ON BEDS AND COUCHES; for the better conveniency of carrying them to the apostles, or for their lying upon them until they came by that way: THAT AT THE LEAST, THE SHADOW OF PETER PASSING BY, MIGHT OVERSHADOW SOME OF THEM. The Vulgate Latin version adds, "and be delivered from their infirmities"; but this is not supported by any copy, nor is it in any other version. Peter is only mentioned because he was most known, h...

ACTS 5:15 At the end of the verse codex Bezae adds avphlla,ssonto ga.r avpo. pa,shj avsqenei,aj w`j ei=cen e[kastoj auvtw/n (“for they were being set free from every sickness, such as each of them had”). A similar statement (kai. r`usqw/sin avpo. pa,shj avsqenei,aj h-j ei=con) is read by E itgig, p vgmss copG67 Lucifer....

CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1)._ 2. Signs and wonders by the Apostles (Acts 5:11). 3. The second arrest of the Apostles and their Deliverance (Acts 5:17). 4. Before the Council (Acts 5:26). 5. Gamaliel's Advice (Acts 5:34). 6. The Apostles beaten and dismissed (Acts 5:40). With this chapter the scene changes. Beautiful is the ending of the previous chapter, Barnabas having sold his land, laid the money at the feet of the Apostles. He

APOSTOLIC SIGNS AND CURES. In the AV Acts 5:12 _b_ - Acts 5:14 are rightly bracketed; the verses are an editorial addition. Acts 5:12_ a_ connects with Acts 5:15. In Acts 2:43 we read that many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles, but only two have been placed before us in detail. The statement is here repeated and introduces a picture of the healing activity, especially of Peter, touches in which remind us of the Gospels (Mark 2:1;...