Acts 14:18

And, by saying these things, they with difficulty prevented the people from offering sacrifice to them.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17although he did not leave himself without testimony, while he did them good from heaven, and sent down the rain, and made the fruits to grow in their seasons, and filled their hearts with food and pleasure.

19But Jews came hither from Iconium and Antioch, and excited the people against them. And they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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Cross References

John 6:15And Jesus knew, that they were about to come and take him by force, and make him king: and he retired into a mountain alone.

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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