Acts 19:18-22

18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
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]
20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[b] to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.

Acts 19:18-22 In-Context

16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
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.
20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
21 After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.
23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Acts 13:48
  • 2. Acts 6:7; Acts 12:24
  • 3. Acts 20:16,22; Acts 21:4,12,15; Romans 15:25
  • 4. S Acts 16:9
  • 5. S Acts 18:12
  • 6. Romans 15:24,28
  • 7. Acts 13:5
  • 8. S Acts 16:1
  • 9. Romans 16:23; 2 Timothy 4:20
  • 10. ver 10,26,27; S Acts 2:9

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.
  • [b]. Or "decided in the Spirit"