Acts 5:12

The Apostles Heal Many People

12 The apostles did many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. All the believers used to meet together at Solomon's Porch.

Acts 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:12

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and
wonders wrought
That is, by their means, or by them as instruments, or through the imposition of their hands on persons, many miraculous and wonderful cures, as well as other extraordinary actions, were performed:

among the people;
the common people, who attended in great numbers on their ministry, when the chief men and rulers of the nation despised them.

And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch;
which is to be understood not of the whole church, nor of the hundred and twenty disciples, but of the twelve apostles, who met in this place to preach the Gospel to the people; and they were agreed in their doctrine and practice, and were united in their affections to one another. Of Solomon's porch, (See Gill on John 10:23). These words, with what follow to the 15th verse, are to be read in a parenthesis.

Acts 5:12 In-Context

10 At that very moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in. They saw that Sapphira was dead. So they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

11 The whole church and all who heard about these things were filled with fear.

12 The apostles did many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. All the believers used to meet together at Solomon's Porch.

13 No outsider dared to join them. But the people thought highly of them.

14 More and more men and women believed in the Lord. They joined the other believers.