Acts 2:40
What does Acts 2:40 mean?
A plain-English look at Acts 2:40 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Acts 2:40 means
Peter continued to testify and exhort the people with 'many other words,' demonstrating the urgency and breadth of his message beyond what is recorded. His specific exhortation, 'Save yourselves from this crooked generation,' urges them to separate from the prevailing moral and spiritual corruption of their age and embrace God's path. This emphasizes the need for a decisive break from their past and a commitment to Christ.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
Context
Following his direct instructions and the explanation of the promise's scope, Peter continues to exhort the people. This verse conveys the ongoing, urgent nature of his appeal to separate from the sinful culture, preparing the reader for the immediate and significant response of those who received his message and were added to the church.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Philippians 2:15
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
- Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
- Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
- Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
- Proverbs 9:6
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
- Matthew 12:34
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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