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Acts 19:24
New English Translation
Acts 19:24
New English Translation
24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines[a] of Artemis,[b] brought a great deal[c] of business[d] to the craftsmen.
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- Acts 19:24 tn BDAG 665 s.v. ναός 1.a states, “Specif. of temples: of replicas of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus 19:24…but here, near ἱερόν vs. 27…ναός can be understood in the more restricted sense shrine, where the image of the goddess stood.”
- Acts 19:24 sn Artemis was the name of a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.
- Acts 19:24 tn Grk “brought not a little business” (an idiom).
- Acts 19:24 sn A great deal of business. The charge that Christianity brought economic and/or social upheaval was made a number of times in Acts: 16:20-21; 17:6-7; 18:13.
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