Acts 19:10

ἐπὶ ἔτη δύο : exclusive of the quarter of a year in Acts 19:8 and in Acts 20:31 the Apostle speaks of three years' residence in Ephesus, “in the usual ancient style of reckoning an intermediate period by the superior round number,” Turner, “Chron. of N. T.,” Hastings' B. D., see also Page and Wendt, in loco. πάντας : not only the position of Ephesus, but the fact that it was just the place which would be frequented for its famous temple and festivals by crowds of strangers, both Jew and Greek, from all parts of proconsular Asia, “Ephesus,” Hastings' B. D., i., 720. Nor must we suppose that St. Paul and his fellow-workers confined themselves literally to Ephesus. The seven Churches of Asia may reasonably be referred for their foundation to this period all of which were centres of trade, and all within reach of Ephesus. Timothy, moreover, may well have been working at Colosse, since in the Epistle to the Colossians he is mentioned with Paul in the inscription of the letter, although the latter had not been personally known to the Churches of Colosse and Laodicea, Ramsay, “Colossæ,” Hastings' B.D., and St. Paul, p. 274. Ἕλληνας : comprising no doubt Hellenists and Greeks, cf. Acts 11:20.