King James Version
Acts 19:24 in the King James Version says “For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the cr...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;”
Acts 19:24 · KJV
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“for Diana”
G735prompt; artemis, the name of a grecian goddess borrowed by the asiatics for one of their deities
“small”
G3641puny (in extent, degree, number, duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat
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