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


In Context

15 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things, to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them:

16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

17 Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

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

19 Now there came thither certain Jews from Antioch, and Iconium: and persuading the multitude, and stoning Paul, drew him out of the city, thinking him to be dead.

20 But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up and entered into the city, and the next day he departed 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:18And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to 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.