¹⁸ Many of ·the believers [those who now believed] began to confess openly and ·tell all the evil things they had done [^Ldisclose their (evil/magical) practices]. ¹⁹ ·Some [or A significant number] of them who had ·used magic [practiced sorcery/witchcraft] brought their magic ·books [or scrolls] and burned them before everyone. Those books were worth about fifty thousand silver coins [^Cprobably drachmas, each worth a day’s wages].

²⁰ ·So in a powerful way [^LIn this way; Thus] the word of the Lord kept spreading and ·growing [or grew strong; prevailed].