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Connecting Statement:
Demetrius continues to speak to the craftsmen.
You see and hear that
"You have come to know and understand that"
turned away many people
Paul's stopping people from worshiping idols is spoken of as though Paul were literally turning the people in a different direction. AT: "caused many people to stop worshiping the local gods" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
He is saying that there are no gods that are made with hands
Here the word "hands" can refer to the whole person. AT: "He is saying that the idols that people make are not real gods" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)