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Acts 14:18

16 In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

17 Yet 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.

19 Then 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.

20 But 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.

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BSB
Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
KJV
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
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.
DARBY
And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.
BLB
Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
ÅB
Og ved å si dette fikk de med nød og neppe hindret folket fra å ofre til dem.
OTB
Selv med disse ordene hadde de vanskeligheter med å hindre folkemengden fra å ofre til dem.
B1930
Og ved å si dette fikk de med nød og neppe hindret folket fra å ofre til dem.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 44:16–17

    “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

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  • Genesis 11:6

    And 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.

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  • Exodus 32:21–23

    “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

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  • John 6:15

    Then 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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  • 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.

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