19. Many who practiced magic brought their books together and burned them before everyone. They calculated their value, which equaled fifty thousand drachmas.
20. So the word of the Lord powerfully grew and spread.
21. After these things happened, Paul determined in his spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22. He sent two who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, but he delayed in Asia for a time.
23. About that time great trouble arose about the Way.
24. For a silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines for Artemis, brought much business to the craftsmen.