Acts 5:12–20

Apostolic Signs and Wonders

¹²Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. ^bBy common consent they would all meet in Solomon’s Colonnade. ^c13None of the rest dared to join them, but the people praised them highly. ^d14Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers—crowds of both men and women. ¹⁵As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow ^emight fall on some of them. ¹⁶In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

In and Out of Prison

¹⁷Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. ^f18So they arrested ^gthe apostles and put them in the city jail. ^h19But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said, ⁱ²⁰“Go and stand in the temple complex, and tell the people all about this life.” ^j