Acts 19:25

And calling them together, with those who were employed in the same way, he said: “Men, you know that our income is from this craft.

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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 man named Demetrius, a silversmith making silver shrines for Diana, was providing no small profit to craftsmen.

26And you are seeing and hearing that this man Paul, by persuasion, has turned away a great multitude, not only from Ephesus, but from nearly all of Asia, saying, ‘These things are not gods which have been made by hands.’

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Cross References

Hosea 12:7Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.

2 Peter 2:3And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.

Revelation 18:11And the businessmen of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, because no one will buy their merchandise anymore:

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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