Acts 14:18

18 And [although] they said these [things], [only] with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

Acts 14:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 14:18

And with these sayings
Concerning themselves, and concerning the living God, his creation of all things, and his providential goodness:

scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice
unto them;
so resolute were they upon it, that it was with great difficulty that they persuaded them from it: in four of Beza's manuscripts, and in some other copies, it is added, "but everyone went to his own house"

Acts 14:18 In-Context

16 who in generations that are past permitted all the nations to go their [own] ways.

17 And yet he did not leave himself without witness [by] doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying [you] with food and your hearts with gladness."

18 And [although] they said these [things], [only] with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

19 But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and [when they] had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged [him] outside the city, thinking he was dead.

20 But [after] the disciples surrounded him, he got up [and] went into the city. And on the next day he departed with Barnabas for Derbe.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[although]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("said") which is understood as concessive