Text -- Acts 19:25 (NET)

19:25 He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 19:25

¹ tn Grk “gathering.” The participle συναθροίσας (sunaqroisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn Grk “whom”; because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) has been replaced with a pronoun (“these”) and a new sentence begun in the translation.

³ sn Workmen in similar trades. In effect, Demetrius gathered the Ephesian chamber of commerce together to hear about the threat to their prosperity.

⁴ tn Another possible meaning is “that this business is an easy way for us to earn a living.”