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# 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]])
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# 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]])
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# 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]])
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# brought in much business for the craftsmen
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"enabled those who made the idols to make much money"
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# 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.