Acts 5:15-16 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:12-16

Jerusalem's second summer. While we read these fewest verses of what was going on in Jerusalem, and of how "multitudes from the cities round about Jerusalem" thronged that " mother of them all," to seek, not in vain, healing virtue, we seem to be removed by a world's diameter from the Jerusalem that was stricken to the heart and its very sky darkened by the Crucifixion. And we also seem removed by centuries from the time when certain lips (which could not open but to speak truth whether... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:12-42

The advancing tide. The gospel of God's grace in Jesus Christ crucified and risen again had issued from Jerusalem at the bidding of the Lord. Would it ever stop? would it ever cease to advance? would it ever meet with obstacles sufficiently strong to turn back its current and to arrest its progress? When the flowing tide is hurrying towards the shore, some particular wave is checked by an opposing rock, and is shivered into spray before it can reach the shore. But wait a little and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:15

Even carried out for brought forth, A.V. and T.R.; that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow for that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by, A.V.; some one for some, A.V. Insomuch; not to be referred back to the first part of Acts 5:12 , as indicated by the parenthesis in the A.V., but to the whole description of the Church's glorification in Acts 5:12-14 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:15-16

Bodily healings may prepare for spiritual ones. Comparing apostolic miracles with those wrought by our Lord, it should be noticed that he showed power over nature by stilling storms, walking on waters, multiplying food, and withering trees; but the apostles' power was limited to various forms of bodily danger and disease. In each case the miracles illustrated the higher work of those who wrought them. Christ's miracles illustrated his Divine claims and mission as the revelation to men of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:16

And there also came together the multitude from for there came also a multitude out of, A.V.; about Jerusalem for about unto Jerusalem, A.V.; folk for folks, A.V.; that were for which were, A.V. And there also came together , etc. One great result of these numerous miracles would be to manifest that the Lord Jesus was still with his Church as truly as when he was upon the earth ( Matthew 28:20 ), and this manifestation remains for the comfort of his people, even now that such... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:15

Insomuch - So that. This should be connected with Acts 5:12. Many miracles were performed by the apostles, “insomuch, etc.”They brought forth - The people, or the friends of the sick, brought them forth.Beds - κλινῶν klinōn. This word denotes usually the “soft” and “valuable” beds on which the rich commonly lay. And it means that the rich, as well as the poor, were laid in the path of Peter and the other apostles.Couches - κραββάτων krabatōn. The coarse and hard couches on which the poor... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:16

There 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 might pass over them, there is no such... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 5:15-16

Acts 5:15-16. Insomuch, or so that, they brought the sick into the streets, &c. The contents of this and the following verse are evidently connected with the former part of Acts 5:12; the intermediate paragraph being intended to be read in a parenthesis. They brought the sick into the streets, because, as is probable, the priests would not suffer them to bring them into the temple to Solomon’s porch; and the apostles had not leisure to come to the houses of them all. And they laid... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 5:1-16

Sin, cleansing and further growth (4:32-5:16)Believers continued to sell their property and bring money from the sales to the apostles for distribution among the poor (32-35). One example of generosity came from a Jew from Cyprus who so consistently helped and encouraged others that people gave him a name to suit his character, Barnabas (meaning ‘son of encouragement’) (36-37).There was no rule that forced people to sell their property. When Ananias and Sapphira sold some property, their sin... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 5:15

Insomuch that = So that. This depends upon the first clause of Acts 5:1 , Acts 5:2 , all that intervenes being in a parenthesis. sick. See note on John 11:1 . into = along. on = upon. App-104 . couches. Greek. krabbatos. See note on Mark 2:4 . that = in order that. Greek. hina. at the least = even if (it might be). overshadow. Greek. episkiazo. See note on Luke 9:34 . some = some one. App-123 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:12-42

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:15-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 5:15-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 5:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 5:15

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