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Acts 19:19 — King James Version← Study notes

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.


Acts 19:19Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 19:1922 words
GreekMeaning
ἱκανοὶhikanoi
ManyadjectiveG2425
δὲde
nowwordG1161
τῶνtōn
of thosearticleG3588
τὰta
thearticleG3588
περίεργαperierga
magic artsadjectiveG4021
πραξάντωνpraxantōn
having practicedverbG4238
συνενέγκαντεςsynenenkantes
having brought togetherverbG4851
τὰςtas
thearticleG3588
βίβλουςbiblous
booksnounG976
κατέκαιονkatekaion
were burning themverbG2618
ἐνώπιονenōpion
beforeprepositionG1799
πάντωνpantōn
alladjectiveG3956
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
συνεψήφισανsynepsēphisan
they counted upverbG4860
τὰςtas
thearticleG3588
τιμὰςtimas
pricesnounG5092
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
καὶkai
andwordG2532
εὗρονheuron
found itverbG2147
ἀργυρίουargyriou
of silverlingsnounG694
μυριάδαςmyriadas
myriadsnounG3461
πέντεpente
fiveadjectiveG4002
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 19:19

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Acts 19:14-16 They did it in secret: then their impotence is publicly exposed. (f) Then not the Name does anything, unless it be spoken with faith.…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 41 on Acts
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Omar HassanNote4mo ago
The Books No One Can Unread
Those who practiced magic brought their books and burned them. Fifty thousand pieces of silver worth. That's not an abstract commitment. That's burning money. That's destroying your livelihood. That's...
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David MensahNote3mo ago
Burning What You've Built
After Paul's ministry in Ephesus, 'a number of those who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to...
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