The Apostle Paul in Ephesus
The longest stop of all Paul's journeys — synagogue, school, book fire and riot, told in full.
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Articles on Biblical Ephesus
The saints who walked here, the riots and councils that shook here, the legends that grew here — the full stories behind the sites.
The people
Saints & disciples of Ephesus
The men and women of the New Testament whose lives ran through this city.
John and Mary in Ephesus
The tradition that brought the beloved disciple and the mother of Jesus to Ephesus — examined with love and honesty.
Luke the Evangelist and Ephesus
The physician who wrote Acts — his voyages past this coast and the Ephesus monument bearing his name.
Saint Timothy, First Bishop of Ephesus
Paul's dearest co-worker, left to lead the Ephesian church — and the two biblical letters sent to him here.
Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus
The tentmaking couple whose living room was the first church of Ephesus — and who gently corrected Apollos.
Saint Silas and the Ephesus Question
Prophet, citizen, midnight singer — and a genuine historical puzzle: did Silas serve in Ephesus?
Demetrius the Silversmith
The guild leader whose speech — half piety, half profit — set the great theater roaring against Paul.
The events
Riots, councils & legends
The days when the whole Christian world looked at Ephesus.
The Riot of the Silversmiths
The gospel's most cinematic crowd scene, reconstructed scene by scene in the theater where it roared.
The Council of Ephesus, AD 431
Cyril, Nestorius, rival assemblies and a torchlight procession — the council that named Mary God-bearer.
The Second Council of Ephesus, AD 449
The council of 449 that went infamously wrong — and provoked Chalcedon two years later.
The Christianization of Ephesus
How the city of Artemis became a city of basilicas — the three-century conversion, told in stone.
The Legend of the Seven Sleepers
The full tale of the sleepers — persecution, the sealed cave, the outdated coin, and the story's journey into the Quran.
The Seven Churches of Revelation — Then and Now
John in Ephesus and on Patmos, seven letters, seven cities — what each church was, and what a pilgrim finds there today.
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