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Acts 5:15

Simon
Sickness and healingFaith

13 Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

14 Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

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BSB
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
KJV
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
WEB
They even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
ASV
insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.
DARBY
so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put [them] on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them.
BLB
so as even to bring out the sick into the streets and to put [them] on cots and mats, so that of Peter coming, at least the shadow might envelop some of them.
ÅB
så de endog bar de syke ut på gatene og la dem på senger og benker, for at endog bare skyggen av Peter kunne overskygge noen av dem når han kom.
OTB
Som et resultat brakte folk de syke ut på gatene og la dem på senger og matter, slik at i det minste Peters skygge kunne falle på dem når han gikk forbi.
B1930
så de endog bar de syke ut på gatene og la dem på senger og benker, forat endog bare skyggen av Peter kunde overskygge nogen av dem når han kom.

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