20So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
21Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
22And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.
23And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
24For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;
25Whom 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.
26And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
