Acts 5:12
10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- KJV
- And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- WEB
- By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- ASV
- And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon`s porch.
- DARBY
- And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,
- BLB
- Now by the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were happening among the people, and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- ÅB
- Men det ble gjort mange tegn og undergjerninger blant folket ved apostlenes hender, og de holdt alle samdrektig til i Salomos buegang.
- OTB
- Mange tegn og under ble utført av apostlene blant folket, og alle de troende pleide å møtes sammen i Salomos søylegang.
- B1930
- Men det blev gjort mange tegn og undergjerninger blandt folket ved apostlenes hender, og de holdt alle samdrektig til i Salomos buegang.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 19:11
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:12
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
Read in contextHebrews 2:4
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Read in contextActs 14:3
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Read in contextRomans 15:19
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Read in contextActs 2:42–43
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Read in contextJohn 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
Read in contextActs 3:11
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
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