Acts 14:18

Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas barely kept the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

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

In Context

17But still, he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you the rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came and persuaded the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:6Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.

Exodus 32:21Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin on them?”

John 6:15When Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him by force to make him king, he withdrew 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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