19:19,20
Some had practised sorcery, and so had various scrolls relating to their sorcery. So they decided to get rid of the scrolls, burning them publicly. They were open about their new faith. These scrolls had great value, the total coming to fifty thousand drachmas, that is fifty thousand days wages. We can despair when we look at the state of our society, but here we see a large-scale refutation of their society’s ways. If we are faithful to the Lord, and present the gospel clearly and boldly, we should not be surprised if similar things happen in our day. We then read that the “word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power”. May a similar thing happen in our day!
19:21,22
Paul now decided to go to Jerusalem. After that he intended to go to Rome. He would eventually reach Rome, but the route there was far from simple, and definitely not free of incident. On the way to Jerusalem he would pass through Macedonia and Achaia. However, he would stay in Ephesus for a while longer, and Timothy and Erastus were sent ahead to Macedonia.
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