and a good number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in front of everyone. When the value was added up, it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.
In context
17This became known to everyone in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike. Fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. 18Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and disclosing what they had been doing; 19and a good number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in front of everyone. When the value was added up, it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20So the word of the Lord spread and grew in power. 21When all this had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”