Acts 19:25

whom he gathered, with the workers of similar occupation, and said: “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.

English Majority Text (NT)

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, who made silver shrines of Artemis, providing no little trade for the craftsmen,

26And you observe and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great multitude, saying that they are not gods which are made by human hands.

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Cross References

2 Peter 2:3And by covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction will not sleep. 1 The Doom of False Teachers

Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, for no one buys 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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