Acts 19:17-20
English Standard Version
17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and (A)the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Also many of those who were now believers came, (B)confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord (C)continued to increase and prevail mightily.
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Acts 19:17-20
Lexham English Bible
17 And this became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was exalted. 18 And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices, 19 and many of those who practiced magic brought together their[a] books and[b] burned them[c] up in the sight of everyone. And they counted up their value and found it was fifty thousand silver coins.[d] 20 In this way the word of the Lord was growing in power and was prevailing.
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- Acts 19:19 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Acts 19:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“brought together”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 19:19 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 19:19 Literally “five ten thousands of silver coins”
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