Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Many of the believers also came confessing their sins and describing what they had [previously] done.
New American Standard Bible
Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
King James Version
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
Holman Bible
And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,
International Standard Version
Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing.
A Conservative Version
And many of those who have believed came, confessing, and reporting their practices.
American Standard Version
Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Amplified
Many of those who had become believers were coming, confessing and disclosing their [former sinful] practices.
Anderson New Testament
And many of those who believed came and confessed, and made known their practices.
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.
Common New Testament
Many also of those who believed now came, confessing and disclosing their practices.
Daniel Mace New Testament
many that believed came to confess, and give an account of their past actions.
Darby Translation
And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
Godbey New Testament
and many of those having believed came, confessing, and renouncing their practices.
Goodspeed New Testament
Many who became believers would come and openly confess their former practices.
John Wesley New Testament
And many of those who believed came, confessing and openly declaring their deeds.
Julia Smith Translation
And many of them having believed came, acknowledging and proclaiming their deeds.
King James 2000
And many that believed came, and confessed, and told of their deeds.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,
Modern King James verseion
And many who believed came and confessed and showed their deeds.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And many that believed came, and confessed and showed their works.
Moffatt New Testament
Many believers would also come to confess and disclose their magic spells;
Montgomery New Testament
Many also of those who became believers used to come to confess and to declare their deeds.
NET Bible
Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.
New Heart English Bible
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Noyes New Testament
And many of the believers came, confessing and declaring their practices.
Sawyer New Testament
and many of those who believed came and confessed, and showed their practices.
The Emphasized Bible
Many also of them who had believed, were coming, making open confession, and renouncing their practices.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And many of those who believed came, confessing and declaring their practices.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;
Webster
And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.
Weymouth New Testament
Many also of those who believed came confessing without reserve what their conduct had been,
Williams New Testament
And many who became believers kept coming and confessing and uncovering their former practices.
World English Bible
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Worrell New Testament
Many also of those who had believed were coming, confessing, and declaring their practices.
Worsley New Testament
And many of them that believed came confessing and declaring their former practices.
Youngs Literal Translation
many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,
Themes
Awakenings and religious reforms » Awakenings, religious, » General references to
Awakenings and religious reforms » At the feast of pentecost ac 2 » -paul at ephesus
religious Awakenings » General references to
religious Awakenings » At the feast of pentecost ac 2 » -paul at ephesus
Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Third - with timothy and others
Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Third - with timothy and others
Religious » General references to
Repentance » Conviction of sin necessary to
Repentance » Instances of » The ephesians, by the preaching of paul
Superstition » Instances of » The ephesians, in their sorceries
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 19:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Would-Be Exorcists
17 When this incident became known to all of the Jews and Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] who lived in Ephesus, they became fearful and the name of the Lord Jesus was regarded with honor. 18 Many of the believers also came confessing their sins and describing what they had [previously] done. 19 And a large number of them, who had been involved in occultic practices, brought their books [on the occult] and began burning them publicly. When they calculated the cost [of the books] it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. [Note: The actual amount was approximately years of a farm laborer's pay, or more than
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Cross References
Matthew 3:6
and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
Romans 10:10
For a person believes [in Christ] with his heart in order to be made right with God, and he makes a profession with his lips in order to be saved.
1 John 1:9
[But] if we confess our sins [to God], He is faithful [to His promise] and righteous [in His judgment], and will forgive us of those sins and cleanse us from all of our wrongdoing.