Acts 5:12–20

Continuing Power in the Church

¹²And ^hthrough the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. ⁱAnd they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. ¹³Yet ^jnone of the rest dared join them, ^kbut the people esteemed them highly. ¹⁴And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, ¹⁵so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, ^lthat at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. ¹⁶Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing ^msick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Imprisoned Apostles Freed

¹⁷ⁿThen the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with ¹indignation, ^18oand laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison. ¹⁹But at night ^pan angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, ²⁰“Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people ^qall the words of this life.”