Acts 19:26

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ¹  and turned away ²  a large crowd, ³  not only in Ephesus ⁴  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ⁵  by saying ⁶  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ⁷ 

Ps 115:4-8; Ps 135:15-18; Isa 44:10-20; Isa 46:5-8; Jer 10:3-5,11,14,15; Ho 8:6; Ac 14:15; Ac 17:29; Ac 19:10,18-20; Ac 19:35; 1Co 8:4; 1Co 10:19,20; 1Co 12:2; 1Co 16:8,9; Ga 4:8; 1Th 1:9

¹ tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn Or “misled.”

³ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

⁴ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

⁵ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

⁶ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

⁷ tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

sn Gods made by hands are not gods at all. Paul preached against paganism’s idolatry. Here is a one-line summary of a speech like that in Acts 17:22-31.