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Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

Acts 5:15

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The apostles are performing many signs and wonders among the people in Jerusalem, and believers are being added in great numbers. Crowds are coming from the surrounding towns with their sick.

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Berean Standard Bible (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.

World English Bible (WEB)

They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Tanto que echaban los enfermos por las calles, y los ponían en camas y en lechos, para que viniendo Pedro, á lo menos su sombra tocase á alguno de ellos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

La gente colocaba a los enfermos en las calles en colchonetas y camillas para que al menos la sombra de Pedro los tocara.

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