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Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
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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]
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In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
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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.”
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He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.