One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a female slave who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling.
Acts 19:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 A man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis [Diana], brought no small income to his craftsmen. American Standard Version (1901) For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen; Common English Bible There was a silversmith named Demetrius. He made silver models of Artemis’ temple, and his business generated a lot of profit for the craftspeople. Catholic Public Domain Version For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith making silver shrines for Diana, was providing no small profit to craftsmen. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver temples for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen; |
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a female slave who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling.
But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
These he gathered together, with the workers of the same trade, and said, “Men, you know that we get our wealth from this business.
If therefore Demetrius and the artisans with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges there against one another.