¹²Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people through the hands of the apostles. And they were all together^b in Solomon’s Portico. ¹³And none of the rest dared to join them, but the people spoke highly of them. ¹⁴And even more believers in the Lord^c were being added, large numbers of both men and women, ¹⁵so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and put them^* on cots and mats^d so that when^* Peter came by, at least his^* shadow would fall on some of them. ¹⁶And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.

The Apostles Arrested and Imprisoned

¹⁷Now the high priest rose up and all those who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and^* they were filled with jealousy. ¹⁸And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison. ¹⁹But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison and led them out and^* said, ²⁰“Go and stand in the temple courts^* and^* proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

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Footnotes

bOr perhaps “by common consent”
cOr “even more believers were being added to the Lord”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
dOr “mattresses”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came by”)
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“rose up”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the two previous participles (“opened” and “led”) have been translated as finite verbs
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stand”) has been translated as a finite verb