Signs Performed by the Apostles
Acts 5:12-16
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Acts.5.12 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- Δια: PREP
- δε: CONJ
- των: ART,gen,pl,m
- χειρων: NOUN,gen,pl,f
- των: ART,gen,pl,m
- αποστολων: NOUN,gen,pl,m
- εγινετο: VERB,impf,mid/pass,ind,3,pl
- σημεια: NOUN,acc,pl,n
- και: CONJ
- τερατα: NOUN,acc,pl,n
- πολλα: ADJ,acc,pl,n
- εν: PREP
- τω: ART,dat,sg,m
- λαω·και: NOUN,dat,sg,m
- ησαν: VERB,impf,act,ind,3,pl
- ομοθυμαδον: ADV
- απαντες: ADJ,nom,pl,m
- εν: PREP
- τη: ART,dat,sg,f
- Στοα: NOUN,dat,sg,f
- Σολομωντος·: NOUN,gen,sg,m
Parallels
- Acts 2:43 (verbal): Same declaration that ‘many wonders and signs were done by the apostles’ (echoes wording and function of apostolic signs among the people).
- Acts 3:11 (structural): The healed lame man and the ensuing crowd are described as gathering at Solomon’s Porch (Στοα Σολομωντος), linking the location and public wonder with Acts 5:12’s scene of signs and people assembled there.
- Acts 4:32 (thematic): Describes the early believers’ unity (‘one heart and soul’), paralleling Acts 5:12’s note that they were ‘all with one accord’ (ομοθυμαδον) in Solomon’s Porch.
- Acts 5:15–16 (structural): Immediate narrative continuation of 5:12: further reports of healings and people bringing the sick into the streets, illustrating the same signs and popular gatherings mentioned in v.12.
- Acts 4:30 (thematic): The apostles’ prayer requesting God to ‘stretch out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done’ connects thematically with the occurrence of signs and wonders by the apostles described in Acts 5:12.
Alternative generated candidates
- And many signs and wonders were wrought among the people by the hands of the apostles; and they were all of one accord in Solomon's portico.
- And by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were wrought among the people; and they were all together in Solomon's porch.
Acts.5.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- των: ART,gen,pl,m
- δε: CONJ
- λοιπων: ADJ,gen,pl,nt
- ουδεις: PRON,nom,sg,m
- ετολμα: VERB,impf,act,ind,3,sg
- κολλασθαι: VERB,pres,mid,inf
- αυτοις: PRO,dat,pl,3
- αλλ᾽εμεγαλυνεν: CONJ+VERB,impf,act,ind,3,sg
- αυτους: PRON,acc,pl,m
- ο: ART,nom,sg,m
- λαος: NOUN,nom,sg,m
Parallels
- Acts 4:13 (verbal): Both verses highlight popular perception of the apostles—their boldness and the public's amazement/esteem (4:13 notes they were 'uneducated' yet recognized to have been with Jesus), linking to the crowd's high regard in 5:13.
- Acts 4:21-22 (thematic): In 4:21-22 the authorities refrain from punishing Peter and John because of the people, showing popular support/protection for the apostles—parallel to 5:13’s statement that the people magnified them.
- Acts 5:12 (structural): Immediate context: 5:12 describes the apostles’ signs and the unity of the community, explaining why the populace revered them in 5:13—both verses function together to portray public esteem and awe.
- John 12:42-43 (thematic): John records that many believed but were afraid to confess Jesus because of the Pharisees—a thematic contrast concerning fear to associate with followers of Jesus, illuminating the social pressures reflected in Acts 5:13 (some dared not join, while the general populace still esteemed the apostles).
Alternative generated candidates
- Yet none of the rest dared to join them; but the people magnified them.
- But of the rest no one joined himself to them; yet the people magnified them.
Acts.5.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- μαλλον: ADV
- δε: CONJ
- προσετιθεντο: VERB,impf,mid/pass,ind,3,pl
- πιστευοντες: PART,pres,act,nom,pl,m
- τω: ART,dat,sg,m
- κυριω: NOUN,dat,sg,m
- πληθη: NOUN,dat,sg,n
- ανδρων: NOUN,gen,pl,m
- τε: CONJ
- και: CONJ
- γυναικων·: NOUN,gen,pl,f
Parallels
- Acts 2:47 (verbal): Uses the same image of the Lord adding to the number/day by day—divine agency in the growth of the community.
- Acts 2:41 (thematic): Large numbers added (about three thousand) after Peter’s preaching and baptism—early example of rapid numerical increase.
- Acts 4:4 (verbal): Reports that many believed and the number of men came to about five thousand—a similar summary notice of growth.
- Acts 6:7 (thematic): The word of God spreads and the disciples multiply greatly, with many priests becoming obedient—another account of expansion of the church.
- Acts 11:21 (verbal): States that a great number believed and turned to the Lord—language and theme closely parallel to Acts 5:14’s 'multitudes' added to the Lord.
Alternative generated candidates
- And more and more believers were added to the Lord—multitudes of both men and women.
- And believers were more and more added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
Acts.5.15 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ωστε: CONJ
- και: CONJ
- εις: PREP
- τας: ART,acc,pl,f
- πλατειας: NOUN,acc,pl,f
- εκφερειν: VERB,pres,act,inf
- τους: ART,acc,pl,m
- ασθενεις: ADJ,acc,pl,m
- και: CONJ
- τιθεναι: VERB,pres,act,inf
- επι: PREP
- κλιναριων: NOUN,gen,pl,n
- και: CONJ
- κραβαττων: NOUN,gen,pl,m
- ινα: CONJ
- ερχομενου: VERB,pres,mid,ptcp,gen,sg,m
- Πετρου: NOUN,gen,sg,m
- καν: PART
- η: ART,nom,sg,f
- σκια: NOUN,nom,sg,f
- επισκιαση: VERB,aor,act,subj,3,sg
- τινι: PRON,dat,sg,neut
- αυτων: PRON,gen,pl,m
Parallels
- Acts 3:1-10 (thematic): Peter heals the lame man at the Beautiful Gate—parallel theme of Peter as a focal agent of healing and crowds bringing the sick to be made well.
- Acts 9:32-35 (verbal): Peter visits and heals Aeneas who was bedridden; language of a sick man on a bed and Peter’s immediate healing action closely parallels Acts 5:15–16.
- Acts 19:11-12 (verbal): God accomplishes extraordinary healings through Paul so that handkerchiefs/aprons that touched him were taken to the sick—parallels the idea that physical contact or proximity to an apostle (here, even his shadow) effects healing.
- Mark 6:55-56 (thematic): People brought the sick into the marketplaces and begged to touch Jesus’ cloak, and all who touched it were healed—similar motif of crowds laying out the sick and seeking healing through contact with a holy person.
- Matthew 14:35-36 (verbal): Villagers brought their sick to Jesus and begged that they might only touch the fringe of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed—verbal and thematic parallel to Acts 5:15’s focus on healing via proximity to an apostle.
Alternative generated candidates
- So that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and pallets, that at least the shadow of Peter, as he passed by, might fall on some of them.
- So that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and mats, that at least Peter's shadow, as he passed by, might fall on some of them.
Acts.5.16 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- δε: CONJ
- και: CONJ
- το: ART,acc,sg,n
- πληθος: NOUN,nom,sg,n
- των: ART,gen,pl,m
- περιξ: PREP
- πολεων: NOUN,gen,pl,f
- Ιερουσαλημ: NOUN,acc,sg,f
- φεροντες: VERB,pres,act,ptcp,nom,m,pl
- ασθενεις: ADJ,acc,pl,m
- και: CONJ
- οχλουμενους: VERB,pres,pass,part,acc,pl,masc
- υπο: PREP
- πνευματων: NOUN,gen,pl,neut
- ακαθαρτων: ADJ,gen,pl,neut
- οιτινες: PRO,rel,nom,pl,m
- εθεραπευοντο: VERB,impf,pass,ind,3,pl
- απαντες: ADJ,nom,pl,m
Parallels
- Mark 1:32-34 (verbal): Crowds bring the sick and those possessed to Jesus; he heals many and casts out demons—close verbal and narrative parallel to multitudes bringing sick and demon-possessed who are healed.
- Luke 4:40-41 (verbal): After sunset people bring the sick and demon-possessed to Jesus and all are healed/cured—similar language and motif of mass healing of the afflicted.
- Matthew 12:15 (verbal): Great multitudes follow Jesus and he heals them all—parallels the depiction of crowds bringing the sick and receiving universal healing.
- Matthew 8:16-17 (allusion): Reports many healed and demons cast out, linked to fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy—Acts 5:16 echoes the same phenomenon of widespread healing and can be read in light of prophetic fulfillment motif.
- Acts 8:6-7 (thematic): Philip's ministry in Samaria: many miraculous healings and exorcisms lead to public wonder—an apostolic parallel showing the early church continuing Jesus' healing work.
Alternative generated candidates
- And also from the surrounding towns of Jerusalem many were gathered, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.
- And also a great many from the towns around Jerusalem came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.
But by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were wrought among the people; and all the believers were together in Solomon's Porch.
Yet none of the rest dared to join them; but the people held them in high esteem. And the number of believers continued to increase — multitudes of both men and women were added. So much so that they carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and mats, that at least Peter's shadow, as he passed by, might fall upon some of them. And crowds came together from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those oppressed by unclean spirits; and all of them were healed.