Acts 14:18
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
Acts 14:18 in other translations
| BSB | Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them. |
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| WEB | Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them. |
| ASV | And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them. |
| YLT | and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them. |
| DARBY | And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them. |
| BBE | And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them. |
| Webster | And with these sayings they scarce restrained the people from doing sacrifice to them. |
What does Acts 14:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 14:14-18
14-18. when ... Barnabas and Paul heard--Barnabas is put first here, apparently as having been styled the "Jupiter" of the company. they rent their clothes and ran in--rather (according to the true reading), "ran forth." among the people, crying out ... Sirs, why do ye these things?--This was something more than that abhorrence of idolatry which took possession of the Jews as a nation from the time of the Babylonish…
Barnes' Notes
Scarce restrained the people. They were so fully satisfied that the gods had appeared, and were so full of zeal to do them honour.
(+) "sayings" "words"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 14:8-18
All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord. When Christ, the Son of God, appeared in the likeness of men, and did many miracles, men were so far from…
Acts 14:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 14:18
- Jeremiah 44:16-17
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Genesis 11:6
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
- Exodus 32:21-23
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
- John 6:15
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
- Genesis 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
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Context
- Acts 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Acts 14:18
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
- Acts 14:19
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Acts 14:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y diciendo estas cosas, apenas apaciguaron el pueblo, para que no les ofreciesen sacrificio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et en disant ces choses, à peine empêchèrent-ils les foules de leur sacrifier. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als sie dies sagten, stillten sie kaum die Volksmenge, daß sie ihnen nicht opferten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Supervenerunt autem quidam ab Antiochia et Iconio Judæi: et persuasis turbis, lapidantesque Paulum, traxerunt extra civitatem, existimantes eum mortuum esse. |