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

24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen; 25these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business. You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all. 27Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.” 28When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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

• You seeθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
• and hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• that not onlyμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• EphesusἜφεσοςEphesos · EphesusG2181
• but in almostσχεδόνschedon · nearlyG4975
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• AsiaἈσίαAsia · AsiaG773
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• has persuadedπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• and turnedμεθίστημιmethistēmi methistanō · to moveG3179
• a considerableἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• numberὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• gods madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• with handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• are noοὐou · noG3756
• godsθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Acts 19:26

• Acts 19:10This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
• 1 Corinthians 16:8But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost;
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
• Acts 14:15and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
• Acts 17:29Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
• Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are but silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
• Isaiah 44:10Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?
• Isaiah 46:5“To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
• Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
• Hosea 8:6For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
• 1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.
• 1 Corinthians 10:19What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
• Galatians 4:8However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.
• Acts 19:35After quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

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
• Adjure
• Concourse
• Confused
• Confusion
• Craft
• Curious
• Danger

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