Parallel Verses
King James Version
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
New American Standard Bible
And with many other words he solemnly
Holman Bible
And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt
International Standard Version
Using many different expressions, Peter continued to testify and to plead: "Be saved," he urged them, "from this corrupt generation!"
A Conservative Version
And with many more other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation.
American Standard Version
And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
Amplified
And Peter solemnly testified and continued to admonish and urge them with many more words, saying, “
An Understandable Version
So, Peter testified and urged the crowd with many additional words, saying, "Save yourselves from [the condemnation coming on] this sinful generation [by responding to this message]."
Anderson New Testament
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying: Save yourselves from this wicked generation.
Bible in Basic English
And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
Common New Testament
And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and with many other discourses did he conjure and exhort them, to save themselves from that depraved generation.
Darby Translation
And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
Godbey New Testament
And with many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying, Be saved from this wicked generation.
Goodspeed New Testament
He said much more besides in giving his testimony, and urged them to save themselves from that crooked age.
John Wesley New Testament
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
Julia Smith Translation
And with many other words he appealed earnestly and besought, saying, Be ye saved from this crooked generation.
King James 2000
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation!"
Modern King James verseion
And with many other words he earnestly testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And with many other words bare he witness, and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation."
Moffatt New Testament
And with many another appeal he urged and entreated them. "Save yourselves," he cried, "from this crooked generation!"
Montgomery New Testament
With many other words he continued to bear testimony, and kept entreating them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."
NET Bible
With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation!"
New Heart English Bible
With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
Noyes New Testament
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
Sawyer New Testament
And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
The Emphasized Bible
And, with many different words, bare he frail witness, and went on exhorting them saying - Be saved from this perverse generation!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this untoward generation.
Twentieth Century New Testament
With many other words Peter enforced his teaching, while the burden of his exhortations was--"Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age."
Webster
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
Weymouth New Testament
And with many more appeals he solemnly warned and entreated them, saying, "Escape from this crooked generation."
Williams New Testament
With many more words he continued to testify and to plead with them to save themselves from that crooked age.
World English Bible
With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
Worrell New Testament
Also with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"
Worsley New Testament
And with many other words did he press and exhort them, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Untoward
Character of the wicked » Untoward
Evil » Results of » Separation from evil associations, the duty of
Evil » Social in the church » Generation
Orator » Instances of » Apostles
Peter » Preaches on pentecost day
Preaching » Effective » By peter and other apostles
Religious zeal » Instances of » Peter
Revivals » Instances of » At pentecost, and times after pentecost
Self-defense » Accused persons heard in
Separation » From evil associations » The duty of (select reading, nu 33 51-56)
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 2:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Response To Peter's Sermon
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
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Cross References
Matthew 17:17
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Deuteronomy 32:5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Numbers 16:28-34
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Matthew 3:7-10
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Mark 8:38
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
John 21:25
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Acts 20:2
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
Acts 20:9
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Acts 20:11
When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
Acts 20:21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 28:23
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Galatians 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
1 Timothy 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Hebrews 3:12-13
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
James 4:8-10
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
Revelation 3:17-19
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Revelation 18:4-5
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.