Ephesus
ef'-e-sus (Ephesos, "desirable"): A city of the Roman
province of Asia, near the mouth of the Cayster river, 3
miles from the western coast of Asia Minor, and opposite the
island of Samos. With an artificial harbor accessible to the
largest ships, and rivaling the harbor at Miletus, standing
at the entrance of the valley which reaches far into...
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(permitted), the capital of the Roman province of Asia, and
an illustrious city in the district of Ionia, nearly
opposite the island of Samos. Buildings. --Conspicuous at
the head of the harbor of Ephesus was the great temple of
Diana or Artemis, the tutelary divinity of the city. This
building was raised on immense substructions, in consequen...
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Paul visits and preaches in
Ac 18:19-21; 19; 20:16-38
-Apollos visits and preaches in
Ac 18:18-28
-Sceva's sons attempt to expel a demon in
Ac 19:13-16
-Timothy directed by Paul to remain at
1Ti 1:3
-Paul sends Tychicus to
2Ti 4:12
-Onesiphorus lives at
2Ti 1:18
-The congregation at
Re 1:11
-Apocalyptic message to
Re 2:1-7
-See Paul...
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the capital of proconsular Asia, which was the western part
of
Asia Minor. It was colonized principally from
Athens. In the
time of the Romans it bore the title of "the first
and greatest
metropolis of Asia." It was distinguished for the
Temple of
Diana (q.v.), who there had her chief shrine; and
for its
theatre, which was the largest in ...
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Chief city of the Ionian confederacy and capital of the
Roman province "Asia" (Mysia, Lydia, Caria), on the S. side
of the plain of Cayster, and partly on the heights of Prion
and Coressus, opposite the island of Samos. A leading scene
of Paul's ministry (Acts 18; 19; 20); also one of the seven
churches addressed in the Apocalypse (Revelation ...
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the
saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus:...
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The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in
that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at
Ephesus, thou knowest very well....
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Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,
What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven
churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and
unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea....
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And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, [Ye]
men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that
the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess
Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?...
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