Acts 19:26

And you see and hear that not only here in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Rav Sha'ul has persuaded and drawn away a large multitude saying, Elilim made with human hands are not Elohim. + 19:26 Dt 4:28; Ps 115:4; Isa 44:10-20; Jer 10:3-5

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

25Demetrius also assembled the craftsmen occupied with that trade and he said, Anashim, you have da'as that our prosperity is from this trade,

27And this is not only a danger to us, that our part, our trade, will fall into disrepute, but also the temple of the elah hagedolah Artemis may be considered as nothing, and also may be about to suffer the loss of her majesty, which all Asia and the Olam Hazeh worship.

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4Their atzabim (idols) are kesef and zahav, 1 the ma'aseh (work) of the hands of adam. 1

Isaiah 44:10Who hath formed el (g-d), or molded a pesel to no profit?

Jeremiah 10:3For the [religious] chukkot (customs, statutes) of the nations are vain delusions; 1 for one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar (forest), 1 the ma'aseh (handiwork) of the hands of the charash (workman, artisan), with the axe. 1

Jeremiah 10:14Kol Adam is stupid in his da'as; 1 every goldsmith is shamed by the pesel (idol); 1 for his nesekh (molten image) is sheker, 1 and there is no ruach in them. 1

Acts 14:15Anashim, why are you doing these things? We also are of the same nature as you, mere men, preaching to you to turn in teshuva from these worthless things to the Elohim Chayyim who made HASHOMAYIM V'ES HAARETZ V'ES HAYAM and all the things in them; + 14:15 1Sm 12:21; Gn 1:1; Ps 146:6; Ex 20:11

Acts 18:19Then they arrived in Ephesus, and Rav Sha'ul left them there, but he joined the minyan in the shul and debated with the Yehudim.

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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