Paul’s ministry at Ephesus has
six distinctive features:
1. It is the most prolonged stay
in one location of any of Paul’s cities, approximately three years (Eph. 19:8,
10, 22; cf. 20:31).
2. Public ministry of Paul is
centered and conducted mainly in the hall of Tyrannus rather than the synagogue
(Eph. 19:9).
3. It reveals Paul’s miracles
more than in any other location (Eph. 19:11-12).
4. It reveals the reality and
power of occultism in the pagan world of the first century (Eph. 19:19). “Paul has a face-to-face encounter with
Greco-Roman religion.”[1]
5. He is exposed to his greatest
dangers in Ephesus (1 Cor. 15:32; 2 Cor. 1:8-10).
6. His pastoral care grows stronger (Eph. 20:20, 31)
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