Acts 19:25

He gathered them together with others of like occupation, and said. "Men, you know that by this business we make our money.

Montgomery New Testament

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

24There was a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, and brought rich profit to his workmen.

26"And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but almost throughout all of Asia, this fellow Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, by telling them that they are no gods at all who are made with hands.

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Cross References

2 Peter 2:3In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.

Revelation 18:11"And the 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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