Acts 19:26

Acts 19:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
• New International Version (NIV)And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands.

Context of Acts 19:26

24In Ephesus there was a man called Demetrius. He used silver to make beautiful things. He made models that looked like the temple of Artemis. He paid a lot of money to people who did this work for him. 25So he told all his workers to meet with him. He also asked other workers to come, who did the same kind of work. He said to all these men, ‘Men, you know that our work has caused us to become rich. Also, you can see what this man Paul is doing. You have heard his message. Many people here in Ephesus, and in nearly all the places in Asia region, believe what he says. Paul teaches people this: “Anything that men have made is not really a god.” 27If people continue to believe Paul's message, it will be very bad for us. People will say bad things against our work. The house of our god Artemis will not be important any more. People will even think that Artemis herself is not a great god. As it is now, people in all of Asia region and everywhere else worship her. We do not want that to change.’ 28When the workers heard Demetrius, they became very angry. They all shouted, ‘Our god Artemis of Ephesus is very great!’

Acts 19:26 word by word

καὶ θεωρεῖτε καὶ ἀκούετε ὅτι οὐ μόνον Ἐφέσου ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν πάσης τῆς Ἀσίας ὁ Παῦλος οὗτος πείσας μετέστησεν ἱκανὸν ὄχλον λέγων ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοὶ οἱ διὰ χειρῶν γινόμενοι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreoverκαίkai · andG2532
• ye seeθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
• hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• notοὐou · noG3756
• aloneμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• at EphesusἜφεσοςEphesos · EphesusG2181
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• almostσχεδόνschedon · nearlyG4975
• throughoutδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• Asiaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• AsiaἈσίαAsia · AsiaG773
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• hath persuadedπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• and turned awayμεθίστημιmethistēmi methistanō · to moveG3179
• muchἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• they beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• godsθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• are madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• with handsχείρcheir · handG5495

Cross-references for Acts 19:26

• Acts 19:10Paul taught the people there for two years. During that time, all the people who lived in Asia region heard the message about the Lord Jesus. This included Jews and Gentiles.
• 1 Corinthians 16:8So I will remain here at Ephesus city until the Pentecost festival.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9Those people themselves speak about how you accepted us. They tell us how you stopped worshipping false gods. They know that you now serve the true God who always lives.
• Acts 14:15and they shouted, ‘Stop! You people should not do this. We are only men like you. We are not gods. We came here to tell you some good news about the great God. You must stop worshipping these gods who are really nothing. Instead worship the God who lives. He made the sky, the earth and the sea. He also made everything that is in them.
• Acts 17:29So, because we are God's children, we should not think that he is a thing like an idol. Clever people use gold or silver or stone to make images of gods. But God is not like these things that people choose to make for themselves.
• Psalms 115:4Those people's idols are made from silver and gold. Yes, human hands make them!
• Psalms 135:15Other nations make idols with silver and gold. People worship things that they have made with their hands!
• Isaiah 44:10Only a fool makes an idol and thinks that it is his god. An image cannot help him.
• Isaiah 46:5You know that there is no God like me! You cannot say about any god, that he is the same as me.
• Jeremiah 10:3The customs of those people are useless. They cut down a tree in the forest. A worker uses his tools to make it into an idol.
• Hosea 8:6That idol is not a true god! An Israelite worker with special skills made it. Samaria's idol of a calf will break into pieces!
• 1 Corinthians 8:4So think about food that people have offered to idols. You ask, ‘Should Christians eat that food?’ We know that no idol is really alive. We also know that there is only one God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:19So think about food that people offer to idols as a sacrifice. I am not saying that the idols are real gods. The food that people offer to them is not special food.
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know how you lived before you came to know God. You let idols lead you in many wrong ways. And those idols cannot even speak!
• Galatians 4:8Before, when you did not know God, you served false gods. They were not gods at all, but you were their slaves.
• Acts 19:35After two hours, an important officer of the city caused the crowd to be quiet. He said, ‘People of Ephesus! Everybody knows about our god Artemis who has her temple here in Ephesus. People come here to worship her. Her special stone that fell from the sky is also here in Ephesus. We take care of all her things. Everybody knows that!

Commentaries on Acts 19:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26This Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people - From the mouth of this heathen we have, in one sentence, a most pleasing account of the success with which God had blessed the labors of the apostles: not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, they had persuaded and converted much people; for they had insisted that they could be no gods which are made with hands; and this the common sense of the people must at once perceive.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Ye see and hear - You see at Ephesus, and you hear the same in other places. Throughout all Asia - All Asia Minor; or perhaps the province of which Ephesus was the capital. See the notes on Acts 2:9. This Paul hath persuaded - We have here the noble testimony of a pagan to the zeal and success of the ministry of Paul. It is an acknowledgment that his labors had been most strikingly successful in turning the people from idolatry. Saying that they be no…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to themselves of people's superstition, and serve their worldly ends by it. Men are jealous for that by which they get their wealth; and many set themselves against the gospel of Christ, because it calls men from all unlawful crafts, however much wealth is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-34Demetrius, a silversmith whose business was harmed by Paul’s message about one God, stirred up a large riot against him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. silver shrines for--"of" Diana--small models of the Ephesian temple and of the shrine or chapel of the goddess, or of the shrine and statue alone, which were purchased by visitors as memorials of what they had seen, and were carried about and deposited in houses as a charm. (The models of the chapel of our Lady of Loretto, and such like, which the Church of Rome systematically encourages, are such a palpable imitation of this heathen practice that…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 19:26

• Demetrius
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Asia
• Ephesus
• Paul
• Ephesus, Ephesian
• Paul, Saul
• Adjure
• Concourse
• Confused
• Confusion
• Craft

Commentaries on Acts 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings