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, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen. 25He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business. And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all. 27There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” 28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, “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

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 19:10This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 16:8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
• Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
• Acts 17:29So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are made of silver and gold – they are man-made.
• Psalms 135:15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
• Isaiah 44:10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
• Isaiah 46:5To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
• Jeremiah 10:3For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.
• Hosea 8:6That idol was made by a workman – it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.
• 1 Corinthians 8:4With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:19Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
• Galatians 4:8Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
• Acts 19:35After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell 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
• 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