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  2. How long did Paul stay in Ephesus? "Three years" (Acts 20:31), including "three months" (Acts 19:8) teaching at the synagogue and "two years" (Acts 19:10) at the school of Tyrannus.

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  3. Paul returns to Antioch after stopping at Ephesus, Caeserea, and Jerusalem (Acts 18:18-22) Travels through Galatia and Phrygia strengthening the disciples ( Acts 18:23 )

  4. 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.

    • Teaching in The Synagogue
    • A New Beginning
    • Rampant Paganism
    • Paul's Unique Miracles
    • Sorcery
    • Repentance of Socerers

    There is no doubt that Paul "reasoned" in the Synagogue at Ephesus with the same zeal and energy with which his spiritual labors had been begun at Corinth (Acts 18:4). He had been anxiously expected, and at first he was heartily welcomed. A preparation for his teaching had been made by Apollos and those who instructed him. For three months, Paul co...

    As the house of Justus at Corinth had afforded Apostle Paul a refuge from the false accusations leveled against the gospel, and an opportunity of continuing his public instruction, so here he had recourse to "the school of Tyrannus" (Acts 19:9). This was probably a teacher of philosophy or rhetoric converted by Paul to Christianity. His labors in s...

    It is during this interval that one major characteristics of the people of Ephesus comes prominently into view. This city was renowned throughout the world for the worship of Diana and the practice of magic. Though it was a Greek city, like Athens or Corinth, the manners of its inhabitants were half Oriental. The image of the tutelary goddess resem...

    Luke tells us that while the apostle was in Ephesus that, "God worked special works of power by the hands of Paul" (Acts 19:11, HBFV). We are not to suppose that any of the Apostles were always able to work miracles at will. An influx of supernatural power was given to them at a particular time and according to the circumstances that required it. T...

    The stern severity with which sorcery was forbidden in the Old Testament (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 18:10 - 11) attests the early tendency of the Israelites to such practices. The Jewish Talmud bears witness to the continuance of these practices at a later period and so it is therefore not surprising that Jewish magicians spread th...

    The fear and conviction at Ephesus seems to have extended beyond those who made a profession of Christianity. A large number of the sorcerers themselves openly renounced the practice which had been so signally condemned by a higher power. They brought together the books that contained their mystic formularies and burnt them before Paul and all the ...

  5. 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).

  6. Paul had told Timothy to stay and teach in Ephesus when Paul went to Macedonia (1 Timothy 1:3). During the third journey, Paul had done the opposite, staying in Ephesus himself, and sending Timothy with Erastus to Macedonia (Acts 19:22).

  7. During his third missionary journey, Paul returned to Ephesus and spent three years there. He taught about Jesus in the synagogue and a city school. Some of the most unusual miracles in the Book of Acts occurred during Paul’s stay in Ephesus.

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