Hechos 5:16

16 También de los pueblos vecinos a Jerusalén acudían multitudes que llevaban personas enfermas y atormentadas por espíritus malignos, y todas eran sanadas.

Hechos 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.

Hechos 5:16 In-Context

14 Y seguía aumentando el número de los que confiaban en el Señor.

15 Era tal la multitud de hombres y mujeres, que hasta sacaban a los enfermos a las plazas y los ponían en colchonetas y camillas para que, al pasar Pedro, por lo menos su sombra cayera sobre alguno de ellos.

16 También de los pueblos vecinos a Jerusalén acudían multitudes que llevaban personas enfermas y atormentadas por espíritus malignos, y todas eran sanadas.

17 El sumo sacerdote y todos sus partidarios, que pertenecían a la secta de los saduceos, se llenaron de envidia.

18 Entonces arrestaron a los apóstoles y los metieron en la cárcel común.