Acts 2:40
“And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation.”
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Acts 2:40 Context
38Then Peter said vnto them, Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shal receiue the gift of the holy Ghost. 39For the promise is vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are afarre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation. 41¶ Then they that gladly receiued his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added vnto them about three thousand soules. 42And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in praiers.
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Other Translations for Acts 2:40
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- King James Version
And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
- Basic English Bible
And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
- Darby Bible
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
- Webster's Bible
And with many more appeals he solemnly warned and entreated them, saying, "Escape from this crooked generation."
- Weymouth Bible
With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
- World English Bible
Also with othere wordis ful many he witnesside to hem, and monestide hem, and seide, Be ye sauyd fro this schrewid generacioun.
- Wycliffe Bible
Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 2:40
2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort - In such an accepted time we should add line upon line, and not leave off, till the thing is done. Save yourselves from this perverse generation - Many of whom were probably mocking still.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 2:40
Ac 2:40 Save yourselves. This was the object of the "many other words". They could "save themselves" by complying with the conditions named in Ac 2:38, and thus accepting Christ as their Savior. From this perverse generation. The wicked Jewish race.