Acts 19:24

Acts 19:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
• New International Version (NIV)A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen.

Context of Acts 19:24

22At that time, Timothy and Erastus were helping Paul with his work. Paul sent them to Macedonia while he stayed longer in Asia region. 23Soon after that, there was bad trouble in Ephesus. Some people began to speak strongly against the Way of the Lord Jesus. In Ephesus there was a man called Demetrius. He used silver to make beautiful things. He made models that looked like the temple of Artemis. He paid a lot of money to people who did this work for him. 25So he told all his workers to meet with him. He also asked other workers to come, who did the same kind of work. He said to all these men, ‘Men, you know that our work has caused us to become rich. 26Also, you can see what this man Paul is doing. You have heard his message. Many people here in Ephesus, and in nearly all the places in Asia region, believe what he says. Paul teaches people this: “Anything that men have made is not really a god.”

Acts 19:24 word by word

Δημήτριος γάρ τις ὀνόματι, ἀργυροκόπος ποιῶν ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς Ἀρτέμιδος, παρείχετο τοῖς τεχνίταις οὐκ ὀλίγην ἐργασίαν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• a certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• namedὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• DemetriusΔημήτριοςDēmētrios · DemetriusG1216
• a silversmithἀργυροκόποςargurokopos · silversmithG695
• which madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• silverἀργύρεοςargureos · silverG693
• shrinesναόςnaos · templeG3485
• for DianaἌρτεμιςArtemis · ArtemisG735
• broughtπαρέχωparechō · to furnish occasionG3930
• noοὐou · noG3756
• smallὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
• gainἐργασίαergasia · workG2039
• unto the craftsmenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• unto the craftsmenτεχνίτηςtechnitēs · craftsmanG5079

Cross-references for Acts 19:24

• Acts 19:27If people continue to believe Paul's message, it will be very bad for us. People will say bad things against our work. The house of our god Artemis will not be important any more. People will even think that Artemis herself is not a great god. As it is now, people in all of Asia region and everywhere else worship her. We do not want that to change.’
• Acts 16:16One day, we were going to the place where people prayed to God. On the way there, we met a slave girl. A bad spirit was living inside her. This spirit told her what would happen soon. People gave her masters a lot of money when she told them about these future things.
• Isaiah 56:11They are like dogs who are always hungry. They eat a lot but they never have enough. They are like shepherds who do not understand what to do. They do whatever they want to do, so that it will help them get what they want.
• 1 Timothy 6:9But some people want to have lots of money. This causes them to do wrong things. They cannot get free from their bad ways, like an animal in a trap. They want many things for themselves. Their foolish thoughts hurt them and finally destroy their lives.

Commentaries on Acts 19:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Silver shrines for Diana - It is generally known that the temple of Diana at Ephesus was deemed one of the seven wonders of the world, and was a most superb building. It appears that the silver shrines mentioned here were small portable representations of this temple, which were bought by strangers as matters of curiosity, and probably of devotion. If we can suppose them to have been exact models of this famous temple, representing the whole exterior of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24A silversmith - The word used here denotes “one who works in silver” in any way, either in making money, in stamping silver, or in forming utensils from it. It is probable that the employment of this man was confined to the business here specified, that of making shrines, as his complaint Acts. Acts 19:26-27 implied that destroying this would be sufficient to throw them out of all employment. Silver shrines ̀ naousTemples. The word “shrine” properly means…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to themselves of people's superstition, and serve their worldly ends by it. Men are jealous for that by which they get their wealth; and many set themselves against the gospel of Christ, because it calls men from all unlawful crafts, however much wealth is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24People in Ephesus made silver coins and small shrines with the image of Artemis. Small statues of the goddess were carried in city processions and are still sold there today.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. silver shrines for--"of" Diana--small models of the Ephesian temple and of the shrine or chapel of the goddess, or of the shrine and statue alone, which were purchased by visitors as memorials of what they had seen, and were carried about and deposited in houses as a charm. (The models of the chapel of our Lady of Loretto, and such like, which the Church of Rome systematically encourages, are such a palpable imitation of this heathen practice that…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 19:24

• Covetousness
• Demetrius
• Diana
• Idol
• Paul
• Shrine
• Silver
• Silversmith

In the dictionaries

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• Demetrius
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Commentaries on Acts 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings