Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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15 So much that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid <em>them</em> on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
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As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
16 There came also a multitude <em>out</em> of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks and those who were tormented with unclean spirits, and they were healed every one.
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Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
17 Then the prince of the priests rose up, and all those that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with jealousy
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Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
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They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth and said,
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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
21 And when they heard <em>that</em>, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. In the meantime, the prince of the priests came, and those that were with him, and called the council together and all the elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22 But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,
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But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,
23 saying, We certainly found the prison shut with all security and the keepers standing outside before the doors, but when we had opened, we found no one within.
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“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the princes of the priests heard these things, they were perplexed regarding what this would come to.
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On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.
25 Then someone came and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.
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Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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