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# A certain silversmith named Demetrius
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The use of the words "a certain" introduces a new person in the story.
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# silversmith
a craftsman who works with silver metal to make statues and jewelry
# named Demetrius
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This is the name of a man. Demetrius was a silversmith in Ephesus who was against Paul and the local church.
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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.