Acts 19:20-25

²⁰With power like that it was that the word of the Lord kept growing and prevailing.

²¹Now after these things were accomplished, Paul resolved in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

²²So he sent two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia, while he himself stayed on in Asia for a time.

²³Now it was during that time that a serious disturbance concerning the Way occurred.

²⁴A certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, habitually brought in plenty of business for the artisans;

²⁵he called them together, along with the workmen in related trades, and said: “Men, you know that our prosperity depends on this trade.