Apostelgeschichte 5:15

15 also daß sie die Kranken auf die Gassen heraustrugen und legten sie auf Betten und Bahren, auf daß, wenn Petrus käme, sein Schatten ihrer etliche überschattete.

Apostelgeschichte 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:15

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, &c.] These words are to be read in connection with the former part of the twelfth verse. Such miraculous cures being wrought by the apostles, the people who had sick persons in their houses, hearing of it brought them out; either "into the streets", as we render it, and as the Alexandrian copy reads; or "in every street" in Jerusalem, waiting for the apostles as they came, to receive a cure from them:

and laid them on beds and couches;
for the better conveniency of carrying them to the apostles, or for their lying upon them until they came by that way:

that at the least, the shadow of Peter passing by, might overshadow
some of them.
The Vulgate Latin version adds, "and be delivered from their infirmities"; but this is not supported by any copy, nor is it in any other version. Peter is only mentioned because he was most known, he being the chief speaker and actor. Who these were that fancied there was such a virtue in Peter's shadow, and whether any were cured by it, is not certain. However, it is a vain thing in the Papists to conclude from hence the primacy of Peter, the worshipping of images, and that the Pope is Peter's shadow, and has his power.

Apostelgeschichte 5:15 In-Context

13 Der andern aber wagte keiner, sich zu ihnen zu tun, sondern das Volk hielt groß von ihnen.

14 Es wurden aber immer mehr hinzugetan, die da glaubten an den HERRN, eine Menge Männer und Weiber,

15 also daß sie die Kranken auf die Gassen heraustrugen und legten sie auf Betten und Bahren, auf daß, wenn Petrus käme, sein Schatten ihrer etliche überschattete.

16 Es kamen auch herzu viele von den umliegenden Städten gen Jerusalem und brachten die Kranken und die von unsauberen Geistern gepeinigt waren; und wurden alle gesund.

17 Es stand aber auf der Hohepriester und alle, die mit ihm waren, welches ist die Sekte der Sadduzäer, und wurden voll Eifers