Acts 19:26-27 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

A popular riot. A glimpse into the darkness of the heathen world. Passions pent up let loose. The deep foundation of heathen superstition in the selfish, immoral practices of those who ministered to it. The widespreading effects of true religion in revolutionizing the habits and customs. Society must be reformed by the action of spiritual principles from within, not by merely external changes. Ignorance is the mother of disorder. The conflicts of the world are the result of the antagonism... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

A typical exhibition of human nature. This section of the history marks itself off—an episode which gave apostles and disciples, albeit in a very modified time, to rest, and made them spectators of an ample display of certain aspects of human nature. The world, ever ready to arm against the truth, and especially against Christ, the first distinct and bright embodiment of truth, is left sometimes to fight out its own battles. And the amount of smoke in which they end is sometimes, as in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:24-29

Self-interest opposing Christianity. The introduction should concern the temple, statue, and worship of the goddess Diana; the reputation in which this goddess was held; the numbers of persons who visited her shrine; the various opportunities afforded by this fact for making money; and the fears which were created by the act of self-sacrifice in burning the magical books. "The shrines were miniature models of the temple, containing a representation of the statue of the goddess," and they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:26

And for moreover, A.V. We have here a wonderful testimony from an enemy to the power and efficacy of St. Paul's labors. Asia , here and in Acts 19:22 , etc., means Proconsular Asia, of which Ephesus was the chief city. That they be no gods , etc. This is an incidental proof that St. Paul's success at Ephesus lay chiefly among the heathen, since we know from Acts 14:15-17 ; Acts 17:23 , Acts 17:24 , etc., that this was exactly his style of preaching to Gentiles, quite different... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:27

And not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute for so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught, A.V.; be made of no account for should be despised, A.V.; that she should even be deposed from her magnificence for her magnificence should be destroyed, A.V. and T.R. Is there danger . There is no example in St. Luke's writings, or in the New Testament, or in the LXX ., of κινδυνεύει , being taken impersonally, as it is sometimes, though... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:26

Ye see and hear - You see at Ephesus, and you hear the same in other places.Throughout all Asia - All Asia Minor; or perhaps the province of which Ephesus was the capital. See the notes on Acts 2:9.This Paul hath persuaded - We have here the noble testimony of a pagan to the zeal and success of the ministry of Paul. It is an acknowledgment that his labors had been most strikingly successful in turning the people from idolatry.Saying that they be no gods ... - See the notes on Acts 14:14-15. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:27

So that not only ... - The grounds of the charge which Demetrius made against Paul were two: first, that the business of the craftsmen would be destroyed usually the first thing that strikes the mind of a sinner who is influenced By self-interest alone; and, second, that the worship of Diana would cease if Paul and his fellow-laborers were suffered to continue their efforts.This our craft - This business in which we are engaged, and on which we are dependent. Greek: this part τὸ μέρος to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:23-27

Acts 19:23-27. The same time there arose no small stir Ταραχος ουκ ολιγος , no small tumult, about that way The way of worshipping God, and securing a happy immortality, which Paul taught. For Demetrius, a silversmith A man of considerable influence; who made silver shrines for Diana Greek, ναους αργυρους Αρτεμιδος , literally, silver temples of Diana; that is, silver models, or representations in miniature, of the temple of Diana, and of the image which, as they said, fell down... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

Ephesus and the surrounding region (19:8-22)After Paul had preached for three months in the synagogue, the Jews forced him out, so he went and taught in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He carried on his teaching work there for the next two years, during which the disciples took the message into the surrounding countryside (8-10). This activity seems to have resulted in churches being founded, without Paul’s help, in the towns of Colossae, Hierapolis and Laodicea (Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:13),... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

A riot in Ephesus (19:23-41)Paul preached and taught in Ephesus for almost three years (see 20:31), and many people became Christians. Ephesus was considered to be the home of the goddess Artemis (or Diana), and the citizens of Ephesus were the honoured guardians of the magnificent temple of Artemis in their city. With so many people turning from the worship of Artemis, the temple was losing its popularity. Furthermore, local silversmiths who made small images and household shrines of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:24-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:23-27

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

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