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Acts 14:18

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

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andταῦταtautawith theseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “with these”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.with theseλέγοντεςlegontessayingsλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “sayings”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingsμόλιςmolisscarceμόλιςadverb — “scarce”G3433with difficulty, hardly, scarcely.scarceκατέπαυσανkatepausanrestrained theyκαταπαύω (katapauō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “restrained they”, a single actionG2664(a) trans: I cause to rest, bring to rest; I cause to refrain, (b) intrans: I rest.restrained theyτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλουςochlouspeopleὄχλος (ochlos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “people”, the object formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.the peopleτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notθύεινthueinto done sacrificeθύω (thuō)verb, present active infinitive — “to done sacrifice”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2380I sacrifice, generally an animal; hence: I kill.This verse uses “sacrifice”.done sacrificeαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto them

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

World English Bible

Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

Darby Translation

And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.

Douay-Rheims

Now there came thither certain Jews from Antioch, and Iconium: and persuading the multitude, and stoning Paul, drew him out of the city, thinking him to be dead.

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