Acts 19:18

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.

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.

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

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.

Contextual Overview

¹³A group of Jewish gypsies was going from town to town and claiming to cast demons out of people. They tried to imitate Paul in their little show and said, "By the power of Jesus, who Paul talks about, I'm ordering you to shuck out." ¹⁴These gypsies were the seven sons of a Jewish preacher named Sceva. ¹⁵One time while they were doing their little song and dance, a demon spoke back to them and said, "I know Jesus. I've even heard of this cowboy named Paul. But you are neither of these!" ¹⁶The demon-possessed man then lit into all seven of the men and whipped them like puppies. They barely escaped. They got out with their lives, but not without their clothes. ¹⁷Word of this spread like wildfire. Everyone living in Ephesus got real nervous, but the name of Jesus was held in high regard after that. ¹⁸A whole herd of folks who believed came forward and confessed their sins. They had finally realized this wasn't a game. ¹⁹Even some people who'd practiced witchcraft came forward and burned all their scrolls and books. The value of all the burned books and scrolls was several million dollars. ²⁰Because of this, God's message spread to the far corners of every pasture around there.

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

Acts 9:13
"Whoa, wait just a minute, Lord." Ananias said. "This guy is bad news to those of us who ride for you.

Acts 10:14
"No way, Lord," Pete said. "I've never eaten anything the Jewish Code says is unclean and I'm not going to start now."

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.”