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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[a]. 20 Thus in accordance with the might[b] of the Lord, the word was growing and prevailing.

Paul Decides To Return To Jerusalem And Then Go To Rome. He Sends Timothy Ahead

21 Now when these[c] things were completed, Paul put[d] in his spirit that, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, he should be going to Jerusalem, having said that “After I come-to-be there, I must also see Rome”.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Acts 19:20 Or, His might, the word of the Lord (the emphasis being upon ‘of the Lord’).
  3. Acts 19:21 That is, Paul’s work in Asia, based in Ephesus, 19:1-20.
  4. Acts 19:21 Or, resolved in the Spirit. Note 20:22.

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