Acts 19:19
Living Bible
18-19 Many of the believers who had been practicing black magic confessed their deeds and brought their incantation books and charms and burned them at a public bonfire. (Someone estimated the value of the books at $10,000.
Footnotes
- Acts 19:18 $10,000, approximately £3,500.
Acts 19:19
New International Version
19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[a]
Footnotes
- Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.
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