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# Connecting Statement:
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Demetrius continues to speak to the craftsmen.
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# You see and hear that
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"You have come to know and understand that"
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# persuaded and turned away many people
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Paul's stopping people from worshiping idols is spoken of as though Paul were turning the people in a different direction. Alternate translation: "persuaded many people and caused them to stop worshiping the local gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# He is saying that gods made by hands are not gods
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Here the word "hands" can refer to the whole person. Alternate translation: "He is saying that the idols that people make are not real gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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