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- Paul came to Asia on his second missionary journey (so called), but the Holy Spirit forbade them from proclaiming the gospel (Acts 16:6). Paul finally came to Ephesus, but he was intent on reaching Syria (Acts 18:18-21), and so he spent only a short time there.
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The Apostle Paul, after staying in Corinth for a year and a half, travels to Ephesus in the spring of 52 A.D. The journey to the city, with friends Priscilla and Aquila, is considered part of what is called Paul's second evangelistic or missionary journey.
Jan 4, 2022 · Ephesus was the setting for many New Testament events: • God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, such that even handkerchiefs and aprons touched by him healed sickness and cast out demons (Acts 19:11). • Paul wrote the epistle of 1 Corinthians.
Paul, the persuasive and powerful Apostle to the Gentiles, had spent almost three years (c. 53-56) in the prosperous and influential port town of Ephesus in modern Turkey, then called Asia. The destruction of books of magic in Ephesus.
- The Ministry of Apollos
- Paul's Ministry in Ephesus
- Power Evangelism in Ephesus
- Handling Persecution and Pressures
Now the narrative of Acts provides a story that doesn't directly involve Paul, but explains some of Paul's ministry and difficulties in the future. It involves a Greek-speaking Jew named Apollos.
Immediately after arriving in Ephesus, Paul senses a problem -- and opportunity -- all connected to Apollos.
"Power evangelism" is a term that describes evangelism that takes place as a result of acts of power by the Holy Spirit. As Paul told the Corinthian church: "4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstrationof the Spirit's power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power." ...
The Silversmith Riot in Ephesus
In the midst of a powerful working of God in Ephesus, Satan attacks. The Christian movement has touched the city so profoundly that the silversmiths, who make silver shrines of Artemis, patron goddess of Ephesus, realize that their business has dropped dramatically. That have to do something. So they stir up the crowd by rallying people around the goddess Artemis in the amphitheater (which is still there to this day). Paul wants to speak to the crowd but his disciples wisely prevent him. The...
A Quick Trip to Corinth and Possible Imprisonment
Though Luke doesn't mention it in Acts, Paul's letters suggest a "painful visit" to Corinth. Paul is trying via letters to correct problems in Corinth during his time in Ephesus. He apparently sends about four letters, of which we have only two. He also makes a quick trip, probably by boat across the Adriatic Sea, to try to resolve things in Corinth. It isn't successful. The only reference to this trip is: "So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you." (2 Corinthia...
Victory and Opposition
Paul hints of intense in 1 Corinthians (which was written during his Ephesian ministry). "A great doorfor effectivework has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me." (1 Corinthians 16:9) Paul had planned to stay in Ephesus until Pentecost (late May or early June), but he ends up staying longer. It is a fruitful time, marked with miracles and a mass turning from the occult (Acts 19:11-20). This is probably the "great door for effective work" that Paul shares with the Corinthian church....
Jan 4, 2022 · Paul’s second missionary journey continued as the missionary team left Corinth and sailed to Ephesus in Asia Minor, taking Priscilla and Aquila with them. Paul stayed in Ephesus for a little while, reasoning in the synagogue, but when the Ephesians begged him to stay, he declined (verse 20).
Oct 11, 2018 · Paul's Letter to Ephesus. Ephesians. This letter was written to the believers in Ephesus in c.60AD while Paul was under house arrest in Rome, awaiting trial before the emperor Nero (see Map 27). Paul is writing to the church he had nurtured for three years while staying at the home of Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus in 53-56AD during his third ...
Why did Paul depart from the Jews in the synagogue thereafter? Some not only "were hardened and did not believe" (Acts 19:8) but also began to try to turn the general population of Ephesus against Christianity: "spoke evil of the Way before the multitude" (Acts 19:9).
