The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 19:24

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Of for for, A.V.; little business for small gain, A.V. Shrines of Diana, or Artemis. They were silver models of the famous temple of Diana at Ephesus, and were carried as charms on journeys and placed in people's houses to ensure to them the protection of the goddess (Meyer).

These gold or silver shrines contained within them an image of Artemis, as similar ones, which have been found made of terracotta, do of Cybele. Repeated mention is made in Diodorus Siculus, Ammianus Marcellinus, and elsewhere, of gold or silver shrines ( ναόι), which were offered to different gods as propitiatory gifts, or carried about by the owners as charms, Business; ἐργασία, here and Acts 19:25 (see Acts 16:16, note).

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