Acts 19:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ When this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, everyone was awestruck, and the name of the Lord Jesus came to be held in ever increasing honor. ¹⁸ Moreover, many of those who had become believers came forward and openly confessed their deeds, ¹⁹ while a great number of those who practiced magic collected their books and burned them publicly. When the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver pieces.^[a]