What Does Acts 19:19 Mean?

“Many”

competent (as if coming in season), i.e., ample (in amount) or fit (in character)

“also”

but, and, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“curious arts”

working all around, i.e., officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic)

“which used”

to "practise", i.e., perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from g4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute,

“brought”

to bear together (contribute), i.e., (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“their books”

a scroll

“and burned them”

to burn down (to the ground), i.e., consume wholly

“before”

in the face of (literally or figuratively)

“all”

all, any, every, the whole

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“they counted”

to compute jointly

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the price”

a value, i.e., money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself

“of them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“found”

to find (literally or figuratively)

“pieces of silver”

silvery, i.e., (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e., drachma or shekel)

“thousand”

a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number

“it fifty”

"five"