20. So the Lord's message spread and became even more powerful.
21. After all this had happened, Paul decided to visit Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. Paul had said, “From there I will go on to Rome.”
22. So he sent his two helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia. But he stayed on in Asia for a while.
23. At that time there was serious trouble because of the Lord's Way.
24. A silversmith named Demetrius had a business that made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. Those who worked for him earned a lot of money.
25. Demetrius brought together everyone who was in the same business and said:Friends, you know that we make a good living at this.
26. But you have seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all.