Is This Really What Happened?

The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. Crowds gathered also from the towns around jerusalem bringin their sick and those tormented by impure spirits. And all of them were healedit seems like a simple enough passage when we just read it, like it's an innocent record of the things that the followers of jesus were engaged in. But if one takes a second look athe passage, ah, they too might feel as though the details are a little over the top. Is this really what happened? Does the writer of acts really need to tell the story this way? It seems like the record of some cheap magic tricks. People are bringing the sick into the streets