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:
Moreover ye see and hear. The evidences of this state of things were, it seems, to be seen, and the report of it was in everybody's mouth.
That not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all (Proconsular) Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, х hikanon (G2425) ochlon (G3793)] - 'a considerable multitude.' Noble testimony this, from an enemy's mouth, to the vast extent to which idolatry had suffered through Paul's labours, even though we allow for some exaggeration, with the view of exciting the auditors.
Saying that they be no gods which are made with hands. The universal belief of the people was that they were gods, though the more intelligent regarded them only as habitations of Deity, and some, probably, as mere aids to devotion. It is exactly so in the Church of Rome.