Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Bible References

The hope

Acts 19:24
For a man named Demetrius, a silver smith, who made silver shrines of Diana, procured no small gain to the artificers:
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting, have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.