Acts 5:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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 besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well.

Matthew 9:21

for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I shall be made well.”

Mark 6:55

and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people on their pallets to any place where they heard he was.

John 14:12

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.

Acts 28:9

And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

Acts 5:16

The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.