You are to say this to them: ‘The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.’
Acts 19:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now you notice and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over [the province of] Asia this Paul has persuaded and induced people to believe his teaching and has alienated a considerable company of them, saying that gods that are made with human hands are not really gods at all. American Standard Version (1901) And 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 are no gods, that are made with hands: Common English Bible And you can see and hear that this Paul has convinced and misled a lot of people, not only in Ephesus but also throughout most of the province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands aren’t really gods. Catholic Public Domain Version 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.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you see and hear, that this Paul by persuasion hath drawn away a great multitude, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying: They are not gods which are made by hands. |
You are to say this to them: ‘The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.’
For this thing is from Israel – a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
‘People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. ,
Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
When they reached Ephesus he left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and debated with the Jews.
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul travelled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples
This went on for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said, ‘Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols.
About eating food sacrificed to idols, then, we know that ‘an idol is nothing in the world’, and that ‘there is no God but one’.
But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshipping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.