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19 Many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in public. They added up the price of the books, and the total came to fifty thousand silver coins.[a] 20 In this powerful way the word of the Lord[b] kept spreading and growing stronger.

The Riot in Ephesus

21 After these things had happened, Paul made up his mind[c] to travel through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem. “After I go there,” he said, “I must also see Rome.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:19 A silver coin was the daily wage of a rural worker (see Mt 20.2).
  2. Acts 19:20 In this … Lord; or And so, by the power of the Lord, the message.
  3. Acts 19:21 Paul made up his mind; or Paul, led by the Spirit, decided.

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