Acts 5:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there also came together the multitudes from the cities round about {G1519} Jerusalem, bring sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Συνήρχετο δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πέριξ πόλεων εἴς Ἰερουσαλήμ, φέροντες ἀσθενεῖς, καὶ ὀχλουμένους ὑπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων: οἵτινες ἐθεραπεύοντο ἅπαντες.

Transliteration

Synērcheto de also the plēthos of the perix poleōn into Ierousalēm, pherontes astheneis, and ochloumenous by pneumatōn akathartōn: hoitines etherapeuonto hapantes.

Grammar Details

*Synērcheto*: imperfect, middle, indicative, 3rd singular - was coming together
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*plēthos*: nominative, neuter, singular - multitude
*perix*: adverb - surrounding/neighboring
*poleōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - cities
*Ierousalēm*: accusative, feminine, singular - Jerusalem
*pherontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - bringing
*astheneis*: accusative, masculine, plural - sick/infirm
*ochloumenous*: present, passive, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - troubled/afflicted
*pneumatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - spirits
*akathartōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - unclean/impure
*hoitines*: nominative, masculine, plural, relative pronoun - who
*etherapeuonto*: imperfect, passive, indicative, 3rd plural - were being healed
*hapantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all together

Word Meanings

*Synērcheto*: was coming together/was gathering/was assembling
*plēthos*: multitude/crowd/large number
*perix*: surrounding/neighboring/nearby
*ochloumenous*: troubled/afflicted/tormented
*pneumatōn akathartōn*: unclean spirits/impure spirits/evil spirits
*etherapeuonto*: were healed/were cured/were treated

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Referenced Verses

Mark 16:17-18 : 17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Luke 5:17 : 17 And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
Luke 9:11 : 11 But the multitudes perceiving it followed him: and he welcomed them, and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and them that had need of healing he cured.
John 14:12 : 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.
Acts 4:30 : 30 while thy stretchest forth thy {G4571} hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
1 Cor 12:9 : 9 to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;
Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
Matt 4:24 : 24 And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.
Matt 8:16 : 16 And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:
Matt 15:30-31 : 30 And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them: 31 insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Mark 2:3-4 : 3 And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.
Mark 6:54-56 : 54 And when they were come out of the boat, straightway [the people] knew him, 55 and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 56 And wheresoever {G302} he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as {G302} touched him were made whole.

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