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A Hostile Witness
Commentators note that Demetrius, an opponent of the faith, gives powerful testimony to the success of Paul's ministry. His complaint that Paul had persuaded people 'not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia' is a hostile but clear confirmation of the gospel's expansive and life-changing impact.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 19:26
18th Century
Theologian
You see and hear. You see this at Ephesus, and you hear the same of other places.
Throughout all Asia. This refers to all …
AT Robertson
On Acts 19:26
At Ephesus (Εφεσου). Genitive of place as also with Ασιας (Asia). Cf. Robertson,
Grammar, pp. 494f.
T…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 19:26
19th Century
Bishop
Not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia.—The language of Demetrius, though, perhaps, betraying the exaggerat…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 19:26
Artemis of Ephesus, depicted as a grotesque, multibreasted woman, was believed to have been fashioned in heaven and to have fallen from the sky (cf…
John Gill
On Acts 19:26
17th Century
Pastor
Moreover, you see and hear
Demetrius appeals to their senses of seeing and hearing; they saw what was done in their own city, …
Matthew Henry
On Acts 19:21–31
17th Century
Minister
People who came from afar to offer their devotions at the temple of Ephesus bought small silver shrines, or models of the temple, to take home with…