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19 A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars.[a]

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  1. 19:19 Greek 50,000 pieces of silver, each of which was the equivalent of a day’s wage.

19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[a]

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  1. Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.