Acts 5:12-16

Apostolic Signs and Cures. In the AV Acts 5:12 b - Acts 5:14 are rightly bracketed; the verses are an editorial addition. Acts 5:12 a connects with Acts 5:15. In Acts 2:43 we read that many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles, but only two have been placed before us in detail. The statement is here repeated and introduces a picture of the healing activity, especially of Peter, touches in which remind us of the Gospels (Mark 2:1; Mark 6:54; cf. also the balancing statement about Paul, Acts 19:11 f.). In Acts 5:12 b - Acts 5:14 the Church has given up meeting in private houses and makes Solomon's Porch its headquarters. The two views of the Church as inviolable and feared, and as attractive and making many converts, stand side by side, as in Acts 2:43. It is among the Jews that the healing ministry is carried on which rouses such enthusiasm. Matthew 5:13 gives the teaching of Christ on which the Jewish mission proceeds.