Acts 19:18 Meaning and Explanation
“And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Acts 19:18 Mean?
The awe of v. 17 moves inside the church. Many that believed come confessing, bringing into the open deeds they had kept hidden, evidently lingering entanglements with the magic arts for which Ephesus was famous. Grace makes honesty possible, and conviction makes it necessary.
Revival is marked less by spectacle than by truth-telling. When God draws near, secret compromise becomes unbearable, and confession carries what was hidden into His light, where mercy waits (1 John 1:9; Prov 28:13). Confession is not humiliation but release: the soul that hides its sin carries it, and the soul that uncovers it finds it covered by God.
Acts 19:18 in the Original Language
exomologeo (ἐξομολογέω), 'confessed' -- to acknowledge openly and without reserve.
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What does Acts 19:18 mean?
Many who have believed come forward, confessing openly and disclosing their practices.