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1022 B
General Information:
The writer introduces Demetrius to the story and gives background information about him. Ephesus had a large temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis, sometimes translated as "Diana." She was a false goddess of fertility. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background and rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
A certain silversmith named Demetrius
The use of the words "a certain" introduces a new person in the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants)
silversmith
a craftsman who works with silver metal to make statues and jewelry
named Demetrius
This is the name of a man. Demetrius was a silversmith in Ephesus who was against Paul and the local church. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
brought in much business for the craftsmen
"enabled those who made the idols to make much money"
shrines of Artemis
These were probably carved or molten images of the temple of Artemis or of the part of the temple in which the statue of Artemis stood.