Acts 5:15-17
New English Translation
15 Thus[a] they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them. 16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits.[b] They[c] were all[d] being healed.
Further Trouble for the Apostles
17 Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees[e]),[f] and they were filled with jealousy.[g]
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- Acts 5:15 tn This is a continuation of the preceding sentence in Greek, but because this would produce an awkward sentence in English, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.
- Acts 5:16 sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.
- Acts 5:16 tn Literally a relative pronoun, “who.” In English, however, a relative clause (“bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits, who were all being healed”) could be understood to refer only to the second group (meaning only those troubled by unclean spirits were being healed) or even that the unclean spirits were being healed. To avoid this ambiguity the pronoun “they” was used to begin a new English sentence.
- Acts 5:16 sn They were all being healed. Note how the healings that the apostles provided were comprehensive in their consistency.
- Acts 5:17 sn See the note on Sadducees in 4:1.
- Acts 5:17 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
- Acts 5:17 sn Filled with jealousy. In Acts, the term “jealousy” (ζήλος, zēlos) occurs only here and in Acts 13:45. It is a key term in Judaism for religiously motivated rage (1 Macc 2:24; 1QH 14:13-15; m. Sanhedrin 9:5). It was a zeal motivated by a desire to maintain the purity of the faith.
Acts 5:15-17
New International Version
15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.(A) 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.(B)
The Apostles Persecuted
17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party(C) of the Sadducees,(D) were filled with jealousy.
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