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George Lamsa Translation

Acts 19:18

And many of them that believed came, and told their faults, and confessed what they had done.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Paul;   Repentance;   Superstition;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Believers;   Faith-Unbelief;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Repentance;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Confession;   Ephesians, letter to the;   Ephesus;   Mission;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Confess, Confession;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Relics;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Magic;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Magi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Church;   Confession;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bible;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Ephesus;   Forgiveness;   Jude, Epistle of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Confession;   Kingdom Kingdom of God;   Sacraments;   Simon Magus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Epistle to the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephesians;   Ephesus;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Charm;   Confession;   Deed;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,
King James Version (1611)
And many that beleeued came, and confessed, and shewed their deedes.
King James Version
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
English Standard Version
Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.
New American Standard Bible
Also many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
New Century Version
Many of the believers began to confess openly and tell all the evil things they had done.
Amplified Bible
Many of those who had become believers were coming, confessing and disclosing their [former sinful] practices.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
Legacy Standard Bible
Also, many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
Berean Standard Bible
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
Contemporary English Version
Many who were followers now started telling everyone about the evil things they had been doing.
Complete Jewish Bible
Many of those who had earlier made professions of faith now came and admitted publicly their evil deeds;
Darby Translation
And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
Easy-to-Read Version
Many of the believers began to confess, telling about all the evil things they had done.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And many that beleeued, came and confessed, and shewed their workes.
Good News Translation
Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.
Lexham English Bible
And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,
Literal Translation
And many of those who had believed came confessing, and reporting their practices.
American Standard Version
Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Bible in Basic English
And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.
Hebrew Names Version
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
International Standard Version
Many who became believers kept coming and confessing and telling about their practices.Matthew 3:6;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And many of those who believed came and acknowledged their sins, and confessed whatever they had done.
Murdock Translation
And many of them that believed, came and narrated their faults, and confessed what they had done.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And many that beleued, came & confessed, and shewed their workes.
English Revised Version
Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
World English Bible
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And many of those who believed came, confessing and openly declaring their deeds.
Weymouth's New Testament
Many also of those who believed came confessing without reserve what their conduct had been,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And many men bileueden, and camen, knowlechinge and tellynge her dedis.
Update Bible Version
Many also of those that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Webster's Bible Translation
And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.
New English Translation
Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.
New King James Version
And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
New Living Translation
Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices.
New Life Bible
Many Christians came and told of the wrong things they were doing.
New Revised Standard
Also many of those who became believers confessed and disclosed their practices.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Many also of them who had believed, were coming, making open confession, and renouncing their practices.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And many of them that believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds
Revised Standard Version
Many also of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And many yt beleved came and confessed and shewed their workes.
Young's Literal Translation
many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Many of the also that beleued, came and cofessed, and shewed their workes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
many that believed came to confess, and give an account of their past actions.
Simplified Cowboy Version
A whole herd of folks who believed came forward and confessed their sins. They had finally realized this wasn't a game.

Contextual Overview

13 Now certain Jews, who went about exorcising evil spirits, invoked the name of our LORD Jesus over those who were possessed, saying, We adjure you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sce''va, a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did this. 15 And the insane man answered and said to them, Jesus I recognize and Paul I know; but who are you? 16 Then the insane man leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all the Jews and Arameans (Syrians) who dwelt at Eph''esus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of our LORD Jesus Christ was magnified. 18 And many of them that believed came, and told their faults, and confessed what they had done. 19 Many magicians also gathered together their books and brought them and burned them before the presence of the people; and they counted the price of them, and it amounted to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the faith of God and greatly increased in numbers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

confessed: Leviticus 16:21, Leviticus 26:40, Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Psalms 32:5, Proverbs 28:13, Jeremiah 3:13, Ezekiel 16:63, Ezekiel 36:31, Matthew 3:6, Romans 10:10, 1 John 1:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:21 - they said Hosea 14:8 - What Mark 1:5 - confessing Acts 8:9 - used Acts 9:42 - and many Acts 13:6 - certain Acts 16:5 - increased Acts 19:26 - that not James 5:16 - Confess

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
And Lot went out at the door to them; and he shut the door after him.
Genesis 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters who have, not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you please; only to these men do nothing; for they have come under the protection of my roof.
Genesis 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they became tired trying in vain to find the door.
Genesis 19:12
And the men said to Lot, What are you doing in this place? Now, your sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whatsoever you have in this city, take them out of this place;
Genesis 32:26
And the man said to him, Let me go, for day is breaking. And he said, I will not let you go unless you bless me.
Isaiah 45:11
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, the LORD of hosts is his name: Ask me of things to come concerning my children; and concerning the work of my hands, command me.
Acts 9:13
Then An-a-ni''as said, My LORD, I have heard from many concerning this man, how much misery he has brought to your saints in Jerusalem.
Acts 10:14
But Simon Peter said, Far be it, my LORD; for I have never eaten anything which was unclean and defiled.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And many that believed,.... In Jesus Christ, whose name was spoken of with great respect, and which spread fear in every person:

came; to the apostle:

and confessed; their sins; and acknowledged what a wicked life they had led:

and showed their deeds; their former evil deeds, which they had been guilty of; one copy reads, "their sins"; see Matthew 3:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their deeds - Their actions; their evil course of life. The direct reference here is to the magical arts which had been used, but the word may also be designed to denote “iniquity” in general. They who make a profession of religion will be willing to confess their transgressions, and no man can have evidence that he is truly renewed who is not willing to confess as well as to forsake his sins, Romans 10:10; Proverbs 28:13, “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy.”


 
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