Acts 19:25

whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.

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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, brought no little business to the craftsmen,

26You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.

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Cross References

Hosea 12:7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

2 Peter 2:3In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

Revelation 18:11The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one 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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