Atos 5:16

16 Também das cidades circunvizinhas afluía muita gente a Jerusalém, conduzindo enfermos e atormentados de espíritos imundos, os quais eram todos curados.

Atos 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:16

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about,
&c.] The fame of the apostles' miracles spread in the cities round about Jerusalem; those that were at some distance as well as near, and large numbers of people came from thence,

unto Jerusalem;
where the apostles were: the Syriac version adds, "unto them", that is, to the apostles; and the Arabic version, "with them"; along with those of the city of Jerusalem, who brought out their infirm persons into the streets to be cured:

bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits;
with devils, by whom they were not only possessed, but greatly harassed and afflicted: sometimes tearing and convulsing them, and sometimes throwing them on the ground, and bruising them; or into fire and water, of which there are some instances in the evangelists:

and they were healed everyone;
none went without a cure, which served greatly to confirm the Gospel preached by the apostles, and to irritate and provoke their enemies, as appears by what follows.

Atos 5:16 In-Context

14 e cada vez mais se agregavam crentes ao Senhor em grande número tanto de homens como de mulheres;

15 a ponto de transportarem os enfermos para as ruas, e os porem em leitos e macas, para que ao passar Pedro, ao menos sua sombra cobrisse alguns deles.

16 Também das cidades circunvizinhas afluía muita gente a Jerusalém, conduzindo enfermos e atormentados de espíritos imundos, os quais eram todos curados.

17 Levantando-se o sumo sacerdote e todos os que estavam com ele (isto é, a seita dos saduceus), encheram-se de inveja,

18 deitaram mão nos apóstolos, e os puseram na prisão pública.