For a certain silversmith named Demetrius was making silver temples of Artemis, providing not a little trade for the craftsmen.
And as we went to prayer, it happened that a certain girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain went out, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them to the market before the rulers.
And assembling the workmen about such things, he said, Men, you know that from this trade is our wealth.
Therefore if Demetrius and those craftsmen with him truly have a matter against anyone, the court days are kept, and there are proconsuls. Let them plead against one another.