Acts 13:44

13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. ¹ 

Acts 19:26

19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ²  and turned away ³  a large crowd, ⁴  not only in Ephesus ⁵  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ⁶  by saying ⁷  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ⁸ 

¹ tc Most mss (B* C E Ψ Ï sy bo) read θεοῦ (qeou, “of God”) here instead of κυρίου (kuriou, “of the Lord”). Other mss, among them some important early witnesses (Ì⁷⁴ א A B² 33 81 323 945 1175 1739 al sa), read κυρίου. The external evidence favors κυρίου, though not decisively. Internally, the mention of “God” in v. 43, and especially “the word of God” in v. 46, would provide some temptation for scribes to assimilate the wording in v. 44 to these texts.

² tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

³ tn Or “misled.”

⁴ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

⁵ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

⁶ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

⁷ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

⁸ tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.