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Place · Asia · modern Selçuk, Turkey

Ephesus

Ephesus was a major city in Asia Minor, significant for its large Christian community and as the recipient of Paul's letter to the Ephesians.

AI-assisted summary — may contain inaccuracies.

Where Ephesus appears

10 passages across 5 books.

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Events here

  • Paul's Third Missionary Journey c. AD 53–57Acts 19:1

Passages set in Ephesus

  • 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
  • 1Cor 16:8 — But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
  • 1Tim 1:3 — As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
  • Acts 18:19 — And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
  • Acts 19:1 — And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
  • Acts 19:17 — And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
  • Acts 19:35 — 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
  • Acts 20:17 — And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
  • Eph 1:1 — 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:
  • Rev 2:1 — Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;