ACTS 19:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way — A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen — Demetrius, silversmith-entrepreneur, represents economic interests threatened by Christian monotheism. His shrines (naoi, small temple models) commodified Artemis devotion.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:21
He sends Timothy and Erastus into Macedonia, but himself remains at Ephesus. Having made a long enough stay in that city, he wishes to remove elsewhere again. But how is it, that having from the first chosen to depart into Syria, he turns back to Macedonia? He purposed, it says, in the Spirit, showing that all (that he did) was done not of his own power. Now he prophesies, saying, I must also see Rome: perhaps to comfort them with the consideration of his not remaining at a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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