Acts 14:18

Acts 14:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

Context of Acts 14:18

16In past generations, He let all nations go their own way. 17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them. 19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead. 20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Acts 14:18 word by word

καὶ ταῦτα λέγοντες μόλις κατέπαυσαν τοὺς ὄχλους τοῦ μὴ θύειν αὐτοῖς.¶Read the interlinear

• Evenκαίkai · andG2532
• with theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• wordsλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• could hardly stopμόλιςmolis · hardlyG3433
• could hardly stopκαταπαύωkatapauō · to keep fromG2664
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• crowdsὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• sacrificingμήmē · notG3361
• sacrificingθύωthuō · to sacrificeG2380
• to themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Acts 14:18

• 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.

Commentaries on Acts 14:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And with these sayings - With these arguments. Scarce restrained they the people - They were so fully satisfied that the gods had appeared, and were so full of zeal to do them honor.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-18Verses 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 doing sacrifice to him, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18The apostles opposed the people's worship of idols and their attempt to offer sacrifices to them. They directed the people's worship to the living God. The apostles were representatives of God as they shared the good news of the Christian message.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. 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 captivity: it was that delicate…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 14:18

• Barnabas
• Homage
• Lycaonia
• Lystra
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Confirm
• Cripple
• Raise
• Unbelieving
• Acts of the Apostles
• Galatians, Epistle to the
• Lois
• Paul, the Apostle

Commentaries on Acts 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings