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Acts 19:25

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

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.

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