Acts 19:26

And you are seeing and hearing that this man Paul, by persuasion, has turned away a great multitude, not only from Ephesus, but from nearly all of Asia, saying, ‘These things are not gods which have been made by hands.’

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

25And calling them together, with those who were employed in the same way, he said: “Men, you know that our income is from this craft.

27Thus, not only is this, our occupation, in danger of being brought into repudiation, but also the temple of the great Diana will be reputed as nothing! Then even her majesty, whom all of Asia and the world worships, will begin to be destroyed.”

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 44:10Who has formed a god or cast a molten image, which is useful for nothing?

Jeremiah 10:3For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe.

Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become a fool concerning knowledge; every artist has been confounded by his graven image. For what he has formed is false, and there is no spirit in these things.

Acts 14:15In previous generations, he permitted all nations to walk in their own ways.

Acts 18:19And he arrived at Ephesus, and he left them behind there. Yet truly, he himself, entering into the synagogue, was disputing with the Jews.

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:22-41

The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain… Read the whole commentary →

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