At Caesarea around A.D. 58, Paul and his fellow missionaries had been staying with Philip, an evangelist whose work in the cities of the sea-coast stretched nearly a quarter of a century. There, Paul was visited by Agabus, a prophet from Judea who foretold of the suffering that awaited the missionary in Jerusalem. In spite […]
Paul had been at Miletus, a Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia where he addressed, exhorted and encouraged Ephesian church elders as each one continued to fulfill the great commission to advance the gospel and lead people to Christ. There, he revealed to them this was the last time they would see him […]
At Miletus, Paul called for the Ephesian church elders to join him so he could deliver a final exhortation to his beloved fellow servants. He started his address by reminding the Ephesian leaders of the sacrifices he made for the furtherance of God’s kingdom, and the teaching he poured out in Ephesus for over three […]
Accompanied by a small group of disciples, now on his third missionary journey through Asia Minor, Paul had traveled from Philippi to Miletus, where he summoned the Ephesian bishops to join him. “17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.” (Acts 20:17) Because he was at the root […]
Paul was on his third missionary journey through Asia Minor, the peninsula of western Asia between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Paul’s mission had begun in at Ephesus, a little over 3 years prior, and included Luke, Timothy, Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. The […]
In 58 AD shortly after the “days of unleavened bread,” Paul and Luke arrived in Troas where they joined Sopater of Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia as well as Timothy. The missionaries had been in Philippi for Passover, the Jewish commemoration of their liberation over […]
Near the end of his 3 year stay at Ephesus, a mob gathered in an attempt to persecute Christian missionaries as these ministers of Christ threatened the lively hood of many silversmiths when they preached the gospel and revealed the Ephesian idolatry was only sinful, but a distraction that prevented many from fulfilling their divinely […]
Around A.D. 56, Paul had been at Ephesus for 2 years where he continued to further the kingdom of God by preaching the gospel and sharing the truth about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ and prophesied Savior. The success of Paul’s ministry did not go by unnoticed by the enemy, as […]
While Paul was at Ephesus, God used him to further His kingdom through miracles, performed to reinforce the message taught by missionaries throughout the region. “11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left […]
As Paul continued his third missionary journey throughout Asia Minor, around A.D. 55 he came to Ephesus where he continued preaching the gospel and spreading the truth about the life, death and resurrection of the Christ. Paul had been furthering God’s kingdom through the mountain highlands of the interior of Asia Minor, and had now […]