Acts 19:18-19 And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.… Like other grocers, Samuel Budgett, the "Successful Merchant" had been in the habit of adulterating his pepper with some innocent preparation, which he kept in a little barrel labelled P.D. — pepper dust. But as he grew in Christian intelligence his conscience troubled him about the matter, until one night he rose from his bed, went to his store, took the little barrel, and knocked in the ends of it. Is there no P.D. about you? If there be do as Budgett did: Knock it an the head. (W. M. Taylor, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.WEB: Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. |
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