A Kingdom in Search of a People
A Kingdom in Search of a People "Now 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. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so 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. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed." Acts 5:12-16 (ESV) PEOPLE: laos (a people) Many signs and wonders were done among "a people" . "A people" held the apostles in high esteem. "A people" brought their sick and demen-oppressed ones to the apostles for healing. "A people" in the Greek is in the genitive form, meaning possession. "