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17 And this became known to all the ones dwelling-in Ephesus— both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all.

Jesus Was Being Magnified And The Word of The Lord Was Prevailing

18 And the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. And many of the ones having believed were coming, confessing-out[a] and declaring[b] their [evil] practices. 19 And many of the ones having practiced sorceries, having brought-together their books, were burning them up in the presence of everyone. And they calculated-up the prices of them, and found it to be fifty thousand silver-coins[c].

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:18 Or, confessing-openly. That is, confessing Jesus; or, confessing their practices.
  2. Acts 19:18 Or, disclosing.
  3. Acts 19:19 This probably refers to the drachma, which is equivalent to a denarius, one day’s wage for a laborer. Thus, this is a considerable sum of money.

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