Acts 19:18-19
confessing <1843> [confessed.]
practiced <4238> [used.]
magic <4021> [curious.]
[Periergos <\\See definition 4021\\>,] curious, that is, magical arts, in which sense the word is used in the Greek writers. The study of magic was prosecuted with such zeal at Ephesus, that [Ephesios <\\See definition 2180\\> gramma <\\See definition 1121\\>,] the Ephesian letters, certain charms, or words used in incantation, became much celebrated in antiquity.
burned ... up <2618> [and burned.]
fifty thousand <4002> [fifty.]
Probably Attic drachms; which at 7.«d. each, would amount to 1,562œ. 10s. or at, 9d. each, to 1,875œ.
