18 Many who were followers now started telling everyone about the evil things they had been doing.
19 Some who had been practicing witchcraft even brought their books and burned them in public. These books were worth about 50,000 silver coins.
20 So the Lord's message spread and became even more powerful.
21 After all this had happened, Paul decided to visit Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. Paul had said, “From there I will go on to Rome.”
22 So he sent his two helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia. But he stayed on in Asia for a while.
23 At that time there was serious trouble because of the Lord's Way.
24 A silversmith named Demetrius had a business that made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. Those who worked for him earned a lot of money.