23 During that time there was a major[a] disturbance about the Way.(A) 24 For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis,[b] provided a great deal of[c] business for the craftsmen. 25 When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said: “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:23 Lit was not a little
  2. Acts 19:24 Artemis was the ancient Gk mother goddess believed to control all fertility.
  3. Acts 19:24 Lit provided not a little

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