“And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”
King James Version (KJV)
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.
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.
And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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