OTHER FOLLOWERS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST AT EPHESUS. Paul's return to Ephesus, promised in Acts 18:21, is made a part of this anecdote. His movements were not fully known, as we saw in Acts 18:21. [101] The story is, like that of Apollos, obscure; it exhibits a bizarre form of early Christianity (_cf._ A... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL AT EPHESUS. After three months in the synagogue (Acts 18:19; Acts 18:26) Paul finds it necessary, as in other places, to leave it, and takes his followers to the lecture room of Tyrannus, where he preaches to them. D and other authorities add, from the fifth to the tenth hour, which corresponds... [ Continue Reading ]
MIRACLES, EXORCISMS, BURNING OF BOOKS OF MAGIC. Peter's shadow cured the sick (Acts 5:15); Paul's minor articles of clothing do the same, according to the widespread belief of antiquity in the indirect communication of personal influence. The belief in possession is best known to us from the Gospels... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 19:21 F. PAUL'S PLAN OF TRAVEL. The plan here stated (for in the spirit, in his spirit, or in spirit may suffice) is that intimated in 1 Corinthians 16:5, which he says in 2 Corinthians 11:5 f. that he changed, and which eventually he carried out as far as to Corinth (2 Corinthians 2:12). His d... [ Continue Reading ]
TUMULT AT EPHESUS. A change of religion (for the Way, _cf. Acts 9:2_) bears hardly on certain trades. In ch. 16 the Gospel interfered with the trade of soothsaying; here the art of the silversmith suffers. This opens a large chapter in the early history of Christianity (_cf._ Tertullian, _On the Pub... [ Continue Reading ]