Verse 26

Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Dessuten ser og hører dere at ikke bare i Efesus, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overbevist og vendt bort en stor mengde mennesker, og sagt at det ikke finnes guder som er laget med hender.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele Asia, har Paulus overbevist og fått et stort antall mennesker til å si at det ikke er guder som er laget med hender.

• Norsk King James

  Dessuten ser og hører dere at ikke bare i Efesus, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paul overtalt og snudd mange mennesker, og sagt at det ikke finnes guder laget av menneskehender:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere ser og hører at denne Paulus har overtalt og vendt en stor mengde av folk, ikke bare i Efesos, men i hele Asia, ved å si at de guder som er laget med hender, ikke er guder.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesus, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og omvendt mange folk ved å si at guder laget av hender ikke er guder.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og vendt store folkemengder ved å si at gudene laget av hender, ikke er ekte guder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og vendt et stort antall mennesker bort ved å si at de gudene som er laget med hender, ikke er guder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Videre ser og hører dere at Paulus, ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten over hele Asia, har overbevist mange om at de guder som er laget med hender, ikke er sanne guder.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Dere ser og hører hvordan denne Paulus har overtalt og vendt bort mange mennesker ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten overalt i Asia, idet han sier at guder som er laget med hender, ikke er virkelige guder.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dere ser og hører hvordan denne Paulus har overtalt og vendt bort mange mennesker ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten overalt i Asia, idet han sier at guder som er laget med hender, ikke er virkelige guder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og dere ser og hører at denne Paulus har overtalt og vendt bort en stor menneskemengde, ikke bare fra Efesos, men nesten hele Asia, ved å si at guder som er laget av hender ikke er guder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Acts.19.26", "source": "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:", "text": "And you *theōreite* and *akouete*, that not only of *Ephesou*, but *schedon pasēs tēs Asias*, this *Paulos peisas metestēsen hikanon ochlon*, *legōn* that not *eisin theoi*, those *dia cheirōn ginomenoi*:", "grammar": { "*theōreite*": "present, 2nd plural, indicative - you see", "*akouete*": "present, 2nd plural, indicative - you hear", "*Ephesou*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of Ephesus", "*schedon*": "adverb - almost", "*pasēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - all", "*tēs Asias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of Asia", "*Paulos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Paul", "*peisas*": "aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having persuaded", "*metestēsen*": "aorist, 3rd singular, indicative - has turned away", "*hikanon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - considerable", "*ochlon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - crowd", "*legōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying", "*eisin*": "present, 3rd plural, indicative - they are", "*theoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - gods", "*dia*": "preposition + genitive - by", "*cheirōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - hands", "*ginomenoi*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being made" }, "variants": { "*theōreite*": "you see/observe/watch", "*akouete*": "you hear/listen to", "*schedon*": "almost/nearly/approximately", "*peisas*": "having persuaded/convinced", "*metestēsen*": "has turned away/moved/changed", "*hikanon*": "considerable/large/many", "*ochlon*": "crowd/multitude/throng", "*legōn*": "saying/speaking", "*theoi*": "gods/deities", "*ginomenoi*": "being made/created/fashioned" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Og dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele provinsen Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og ledet mange mennesker til avfall ved å si at guder laget med hender, ikke er guder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og I see og høre, at denne Paulus ikke alene i Ephesus, men næsten i det ganske Asien haver ved sin Overtalelse afvendt en stor Mængde, idet han siger, at de ere ikke Guder, de, som gjøres med Hænder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og vendt bort mange mennesker ved å si at de guder som er laget med hender, ikke er guder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere ser og hører at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og vendt mange mennesker bort, ved å si at de ikke er guder som er laget med hender.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere har sett og hørt at ikke bare i Efesos, men nesten i hele Asia, har denne Paulus overtalt og vendt en stor folkemengde bort ved å si at de guder som lages av hender, ikke er guder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og dere ser og hører at denne Paulus har overtalt og vendt bort mange mennesker, ikke bare i Efesos, men i nesten hele Asia, ved å si at det ikke er guder som er laget med hender.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og dere ser og hører at denne Paulus har overtalt og vendt en stor mengde bort, ikke bare i Efesos, men i nesten hele Asia, ved å si at guder som er laget av menneskehender, ikke er guder.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Moreover ye se and heare that not alone at Ephesus but almost thorowe oute all Asia this Paul hath persuaded and turned awaye moche people saying yt they be not goddes which are made wt hondes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and ye se and heare, that not onely at Ephesus, but almost also thorow out all Asia, this Paul turneth awaye moch people with his persuadynge, and sayeth: They be not goddes that are made with hondes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Moreouer ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded, and turned away much people, saying, That they be not gods which are made with handes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moreouer, ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath perswaded and turned away much people, saying that they be not gods which are made with handes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands;

• 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:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

• World English Bible (2000)

  You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 44:10-20 : 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14 He cuts down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it shall be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. 16 He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and man's design.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
• Acts 19:10 : 10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
• Acts 14:15 : 15 And saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men with similar passions as you and preach to you that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things in them,
• Rev 9:20 : 20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
• Jer 10:11 : 11 Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation, they shall perish.
• Deut 4:28 : 28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
• Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; 7 They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
• Ps 135:15-18 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes have they, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.
• Isa 46:5-8 : 5 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship. 7 They carry him upon the shoulder, they bear him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place he shall not move: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble. 8 Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O you transgressors.
• Jer 10:3-6 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. 6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.
• Hos 8:6 : 6 For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
• Acts 18:19 : 19 And he came to Ephesus and left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 19:18-20 : 18 And many who believed came confessing and disclosing their deeds. 19 Many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and burned them before all; and they counted up the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of God grew mightily and prevailed.
• 1 Cor 10:19-20 : 19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
• 1 Cor 12:2 : 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these mute idols, even as you were led.
• 1 Cor 16:8-9 : 8 But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
• Gal 4:8 : 8 However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;