Acts 19:25

to whom also (having assembled the workmen about such things) he said, Men, ye know that our prosperity is from this work.

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In The King James Version

Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

In Context

24For a certain silversmith named Demetrius who makes silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little work to the craftsmen,

26And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this man Paul, having persuaded them, turned away a considerable multitude, saying that there are no gods made by hands.

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Cross References

Hosea 12:7[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.

2 Peter 2:3And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no man buys their merchandise any more,

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:22-41

The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain… Read the whole commentary →

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