Acts 5:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, in order that Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he came by.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So that they [even] kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing them on couches and sleeping pads, [in the hope] that as Peter passed by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.

Common English Bible

As a result, they would even bring the sick out into the main streets and lay them on cots and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow could fall on some of them as he passed by.

Catholic Public Domain Version

so much so that they laid the infirm in the streets, placing them on beds and stretchers, so that, as Peter arrived, at least his shadow might fall upon any one of them, and they would be freed from their infirmities.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that when Peter came, his shadow at the least, might overshadow any of them, and they might be delivered from their infirmities.

Acts 5:15 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;

Matthew 14:36

and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Matthew 9:21

for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.”

Mark 6:55

and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.

John 14:12

Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

Acts 28:9

After this happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

Acts 5:16

A great number of people would also gather from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all cured.