ACTS 19:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;”
'He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all' — Demetrius paraphrases Paul's kerygmatic claim (resonating with Acts 17:24-29): handmade idols cannot be divine. The claim undercuts the entire shrine economy.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:24
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver temples of Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen. Acts 19:24. Which made, it says, silver temples of Diana. And how is it possible that temples could be made of silver? Perhaps as small boxes (κιβώρια.) Great was the honor paid to this (Diana) in Ephesus; since, when (Hom. in Eph. Prol.) their temple was burnt it so grieved them, that they forbade even the name of the incendiary ever to be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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