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Piety as a Smokescreen
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes highlight Demetrius's true motive: financial loss. He mentions the threat to his trade first, then cloaks his greed in a noble-sounding concern for Diana's honor. This serves as a timeless warning to examine our own motivations, ensuring that our defense of faith is driven by genuine love for God, not by personal or financial gain.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 19:27
18th Century
Theologian
So that not only, etc. The grounds of the charge which Demetrius made against Paul were two: first, that the business of the craftsmen wou…
AT Robertson
On Acts 19:27
This our trade (τουτο το μερος). Part, share, task, job, trade.
Come into disrepute (εις απελεγμον ελθειν)…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 19:27
19th Century
Bishop
Not only this our craft.—The English word "craft" perhaps conveys too much the idea of art. Our business or …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 19:27
Artemis of Ephesus, depicted as a grotesque, multibreasted woman, was believed to have been fashioned in heaven and to have fallen from the sky (cf…
John Calvin
On Acts 19:27
16th Century
Theologian
Not only this part. This is first handled in a disorderly way, in that Demetrius is concerned about religion after other matters; for noth…
John Gill
On Acts 19:27
17th Century
Pastor
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought Or "to come into reproof", as the words may be literally…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 19:21–31
17th Century
Minister
People who came from afar to offer their devotions at the temple of Ephesus bought small silver shrines, or models of the temple, to take home with…