In Context

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

15 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.

16 And the multitude also of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons and persons beset by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

17 And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,

18 and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

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

Acts 5:17 in Other Translations