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Acts 5:15Acts.5.15

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.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

en sorte qu'on apportait les malades dans les rues et qu'on les plaçait sur des lits et des couchettes, afin que, lorsque Pierre passerait, son ombre au moins couvrît quelqu'un d'eux.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    m posuisti in corde tuofacere rem talem? non es mentitus bominibus sed deo. au- 12 Act. 5, 2 – 14 ff Act. 5, 5 – 20 ff Vgl. Harnack TU. 42, 4, 24 – 25 Act. 5, 3–5 8 τούτου Kl, vgl. lat. 9 καθαρθέντες Diehl Kl Koe, vgl. lat. τιμωρηθέντες Μ Η 13 τεθηκέναι Η 17 Πέτρου Diehl Kl Koe,…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    ς πρὸς αὐτὸν Πέτρου· »διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσεν ὁ σατανᾶς τὴν καρδίαν σου;« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, 12 Act. 5, 2 – 14 ff Act. 5, 5 – 20 ff Vgl. Harnack TU. 42, 4, 24 – 25 Act. 5, 3–5 8 τούτου Kl, vgl. lat. 9 καθαρθέντες Diehl Kl Koe, vgl. lat. τιμωρηθέντες Μ Η 13 τεθηκέναι Η 17 Πέτρου Diehl Kl Koe,…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    appen frequently; as when the sick were placed in the streets, to be healed by the shadow of Peter ( Acts 5:15 ). Nor do they surpass the faculty of nature; as when people are cured of a fever. Nor are they beyond our hopes, since we all hope for the resurrection of the dead, whi…

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