Acts 5:12-32

English Standard Version

Many Signs and Wonders Done

¹²Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people ^(A)by the hands of the apostles. And they were all ^(B)together in ^(C)Solomon's Portico. ¹³None of the rest dared join them, but ^(D)the people held them in high esteem. ¹⁴And ^(E)more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, ¹⁵^(F)so that they even ^(G)carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by ^(H)at least his shadow might fall on some of them. ¹⁶The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, ^(I)bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

The Apostles Arrested and Freed

¹⁷But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of ^(J)the Sadducees), and filled with ^(K)jealousy ¹⁸they arrested the apostles and ^(L)put them in the public prison. ¹⁹But during the night ^(M)an angel of the Lord ^(N)opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, ²⁰“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all ^(O)the words of ^(P)this ^(Q)Life.” ²¹And when they heard this, ^(R)they entered the temple ^(S)at daybreak and began to teach.

Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. ²²But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, ²³“We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.” ²⁴Now when ^(T)the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to. ²⁵And someone came and told them, “Look! The men whom you put in prison ^(U)are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” ²⁶Then ^(V)the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for ^(W)they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

²⁷And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, ²⁸saying, ^(X)“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you ^(Y)intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” ²⁹But Peter and the apostles answered, ^(Z)“We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰^(AA)The God of our fathers ^(AB)raised Jesus, ^(AC)whom you killed by hanging him on ^(AD)a tree. ³¹God exalted ^(AE)him at his right hand as ^(AF)Leader and ^(AG)Savior, ^(AH)to give ^(AI)repentance to Israel and ^(AJ)forgiveness of sins. ³²And ^(AK)we are witnesses to these things, and ^(AL)so is the Holy Spirit, ^(AM)whom God has given to those who obey him.”