Acts 14:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.”
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“Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 14:18 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
- Genesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
- Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- John 6:15Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
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