18And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.


In Context

15 and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;

16 who in the past generations suffered all the nations to go in their own ways,

17 though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

18 And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.

19 But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds and stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died.

20 But while the disciples encircled him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the morrow he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

Acts 14:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:18Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:18And speaking these things, they scarce restrained the people from sacrificing to them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:18And with these sayings they scarce restrained the people from doing sacrifice to them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:18Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:18and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice to them.