Acts 5:16

Acts 5:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
• New International Version (NIV)Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Context of Acts 5:16

14and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;) 15so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put [them] on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them. And the multitude also of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons and persons beset by unclean spirits, who were all healed. 17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath, 18and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

Acts 5:16 word by word

συνήρχετο δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πέριξ πόλεων Ἰερουσαλὴμ φέροντες ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ὀχλουμένους ὑπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων, οἵτινες ἐθεραπεύοντο ἅπαντες.¶Read the interlinear

• multitudeπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• citiesπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• cameσυνέρχομαιsunerchomai · to assembleG4905
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• bringingφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• sickἀσθενήςasthenēs · weak: illG772
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• spiritsπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• healedθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323

Cross-references for Acts 5:16

• Matthew 4:24And his fame went out into the whole [of] Syria, and they brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
• Matthew 8:16And when the evening was come, they brought to him many possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill;
• Matthew 15:30and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:
• Mark 2:3And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;
• Mark 6:54And on their coming out of the ship, immediately recognising him,
• John 14:12Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father.
• Acts 4:30in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.
• Mark 16:17And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
• Luke 5:17And it came to pass on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and [out of] Jerusalem; and [the] Lord's power was [there] to heal them.
• Luke 9:11But the crowds knowing [it] followed him; and he received them and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those that had need of healing.
• 1 Corinthians 12:9and to a different one faith, in [the power of] the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healing in [the power of] the same Spirit;
• James 5:16Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power.

Commentaries on Acts 5:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits - Here it is evident that sick people are distinguished from those who were vexed with unclean spirits; and therefore they were not one and the same thing. The same distinction is made Matthew 4:24; Matthew 10:1; Mark 1:32, Mark 1:34; Mark 16:17, Mark 16:18; and Luke 4:40, Luke 4:41; Luke 7:21.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16There came also … - Attracted by the fame of Peter‘s miracles, as the people formerly had been by the miracles of the Lord Jesus. Vexed - Troubled, afflicted, or tormented. Unclean spirits - Possessed with devils; called “unclean” because they prompted to sin and impurity of life. See the notes on Matthew 4:23-24. And they were healed - Of these persons it is expressly affirmed that they were healed. Of those who were so laid as that the shadow of Peter…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-16Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-16The preaching of the apostles included many miraculous signs and wonders, similar to the ministry of Jesus. There were also powerful acts of healing and casting out demons (see also 6:8; compare Matthew 4:24; 9:35; Mark 1:32–34; Luke 4:40–41).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. of the rest durst no man join himself, &c.--Of the unconverted none ventured, after what had taken place, to profess discipleship; but yet their number continually increased.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 5:16

• Apostles
• Demons
• Miracles

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Commentaries on Acts 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings