Acts 19:17-20
New Living Translation
17 The story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus, to Jews and Greeks alike. A solemn fear descended on the city, and the name of the Lord Jesus was greatly honored. 18 Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices. 19 A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars.[a] 20 So the message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect.
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- 19:19 Greek 50,000 pieces of silver, each of which was the equivalent of a day’s wage.
Acts 19:17-20
New American Standard Bible
17 This became known to all who lived in (A)Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. 18 Also many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. 19 And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they added up the prices of [a]the books and found it to be fifty thousand [b](B)pieces of silver. 20 So [c](C)the word of the Lord (D)was growing and prevailing mightily.
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- Acts 19:19 Lit them
- Acts 19:19 Prob. Greek drachmas; a drachma was a day’s wages for a laborer
- Acts 19:20 Or according to the power of the Lord the word was growing
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