Acts Chapter 19 verse 25 Holy Bible
whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our wealth.
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Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.
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whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
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Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
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whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
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whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, `Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - Gathered for called, A.V.; bust. ness for craft, A.V., but "craft" is the better rendering. Workmen; ἐργάται, different from the τεχνῖται skilled laborers or artisans. Demetrius called together all who were in any way interested in the shrine trade. His true reason came out first.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) The workmen of like occupation.--The "craftsmen" of the previous verse represent the higher class of what we call skilled labour. Here we have the unskilled labourers whom they employed. The former were, in a sense, artists, these were artisans.Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.--Literally, Men, the word used being different from that in Acts 16:30. The word for "craft" is the same as that translated "gain" in Acts 16:19, where see Note. The opening words of Demetrius bring before us, with an almost naive simplicity, the element of vested interests which has at all times played so prominent a part in the resistance to religious and political reforms, and entered largely into the persecutions against which the early preachers of the gospel had to contend. Every city had its temples and priests, its flamens, its oracles or sanctuaries. Sacrifices and feasts created a market for industry which would otherwise have been wanting. In its later development, the Christian Church, employing the services of art, encouraging pilgrimages, organising conventual and collegiate institutions, created a market of another kind, and thus gave rise to new vested interests, which in their turn were obstacles to the work of reformation. At first, however, the absence of the aesthetic element in the aims and life of the Church seemed to threaten those who were occupied in such arts with an entire loss of livelihood, and roused them to a fierce antagonism.
