<p>19:19 <em>And not a few of those that practised magical arts- </em>Grammatically, the &quot;those&quot; would refer to those of :18 who were believers who now 'came out' in confession of sin after their conversion. It would therefore appear that some were baptized who still continued practicing magic, but now they were persuaded to break with it. We again see here the openness of the apostles towards baptizing people, even when their lifestyles were less than perfect.</p><p><em>Brought their books together and burned them</em>- The Greek word here is elsewhere always translated 'to profit' (16 times). The loss was their profit, in spiritual terms.</p><p><em>In the sight of all; </em><i>and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver</i>- See on :18 <em>Confessed</em>.</p>