Acts 5:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 14:36 : 36 They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
  • Matt 9:21 : 21 For she kept saying to herself,“If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
  • Acts 19:11-12 : 11 The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands, 12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
  • John 14:12 : 12 I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 16A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

  • Acts 5:11-14
    4 verses
    79%

    11Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

    12The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

    13None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

    14More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

  • Luke 5:17-19
    3 verses
    77%

    17Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

    18Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

    19But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

  • 75%

    11The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,

    12so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

  • Acts 9:32-35
    4 verses
    74%

    32Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

    33He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.

    34Peter said to him,“Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.

    35All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

  • Mark 6:55-56
    2 verses
    74%

    55They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

    56And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

  • 40As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

  • 15But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • 73%

    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

    31As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

  • Mark 2:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

    3Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

    4When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

  • Mark 1:32-33
    2 verses
    72%

    32When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

    33The whole town gathered by the door.

  • 7For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

  • 3A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

  • Acts 3:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

    11Peter Addresses the Crowd While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

    12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

  • 13They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them.

  • Jas 5:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

    15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

  • 10For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

  • 16When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

  • 30while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

  • 9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

  • 35and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

  • 18They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

  • 9After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

  • 43Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.

  • Luke 6:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

    19The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

  • 35When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

  • 16And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

  • Mark 1:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

    30Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

  • 9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

  • 11But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

  • 2And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called“the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.