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13 Yet anone of the rest dared join them, bbut the people esteemed them highly.  
14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, athat at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.  
16 Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing asick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.  

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17 aThen the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with1 indignation,  
18 aand laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.  
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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 5:15

into the streets—"in every street."

on beds and couches—The words denote the softer couches of the rich and the meaner cribs of the poor [BENGEL].

shadow of Peter . . . might overshadow some of them—Compare Acts 19:12; Luke 8:46. So Elisha. Now the predicted greatness of Peter (Matthew 16:18), as the directing spirit of the early Church, was at its height.



Acts 5:13-16

of the rest durst no man join himself, etc.—Of the unconverted none ventured, after what had taken place, to profess discipleship; but yet their number continually increased.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 5:15:

Acts 5:12
Acts 19:12

 

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