The Apostles' Healing in Acts

1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

2And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.

3Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

4And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."

5And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

6But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"

7And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

8And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

9And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

10and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Acts 5:12-27

12Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

13None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

14And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

15so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

16The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

17But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy

18they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.

19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

20"Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."

21And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council and all the senate of the people of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

23"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside."

24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.

25And someone came and told them, "Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."

26Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

Acts 8:4-11

4Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.

5Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.

6And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did.

7For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

8So there was much joy in that city.

9But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

10They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great."

11And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

Acts 9:17-35

17So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

18And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized;

19and taking food, he was strengthened.For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.

20And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."

21And all who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?"

22But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.

23When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,

24but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,

25but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

26And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

28So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

29And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him.

30And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

31So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

32Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

33There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed.

34And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose.

35And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Acts 9:32-43

32Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

33There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed.

34And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose.

35And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

36Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.

37In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

38Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, "Please come to us without delay."

39So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

40But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

41And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

42And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

43And he stayed in Joppa for many days with one Simon, a tanner.

Acts 14:8-17

8Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked.

9He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

10said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and began walking.

11And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

13And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,

15"Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

16In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

17Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Acts 14:19-28

19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

20But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

21When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

22strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

23And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

24Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

25And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,

26and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

27And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

28And they remained no little time with the disciples.

Acts 16:16-33

16As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.

17She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."

18And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.

19But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

20And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

21They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice."

22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.

23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.

24Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.

27When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

28But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."

29And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.

30Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

31And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

33And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

Acts 19:11-30

11And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

13Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims."

14Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.

15But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"

16And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

18Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.

19And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

20So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.

21Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

22And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

23About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.

24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.

25These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.

26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.

27And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."

28When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

29So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.

30But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him.

Acts 20:7-22

7On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.

8There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

9And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.

10But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."

11And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.

12And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.

13But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

14And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.

15And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.

16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

17Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.

18And when they came to him, he said to them:"You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,

21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

22And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,

Acts 28:1-9

1After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

2The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

3When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

4When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

5He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

6They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

7Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

8It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.

9And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.