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


In Context

15 "Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

16 In the past, he let all nations go their own way.

17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy."

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

19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.

20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for 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 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 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.