Acts 14:18

And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

In Context

17But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

19But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:6And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

John 6:15Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.

Matthew Henry on Acts 14:9-19

The Lame Man Healed at Lystra; Paul and Barnabas at Lystra. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the… Read the whole commentary →

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