Ephesus

message about the power of God to all believers. St Paul then went to Ephesus on his second journey, a place of the goddess Artemis and cults. When Paul first arrived he went to the synagogue. There were many Jewish people. The people in Ephesus normally had no trouble accepting another god but Paul really upset the people and their beliefs. Pauls message was that the goddess Artemis was not a god at all and to follow one God. Ephesus is a significant location in the life of the early church…

involving the twin Antipholus brothers and their twin slaves. The climax of the play had a misunderstanding about a necklace leading to an angry Antipholus of Ephesus getting arrested. He was reasonably upset and among other things threatened to blind his wife. Even a shaman gets involved people started to think that Antipholus of Ephesus is possessed by evil and an exorcism was needed. One of the brothers and his slave seeks refuge from this madness at an abbey. The resolution phase had the…

areas created by man, and were meant to hold natural wildlife. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and Jokhang Temple have similarities too. They are both temples created and used by ancient people, and hold many secrets about them. There are also wonders like the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus at Rhodes, and the Lighthouse at Alexandria all were toppled over by earthquakes. Also, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and Colossus at Rhodes were all made to honor…

BSERVATIONS OF THE PASSAGE 1. My initial paraphrase of the passage is: v. 24 Now I am rejoicing in my suffering for you and I am filling up what is lacking from the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for the body which is the church. v. 25 Which I have become a servant according to the plan of God that was given to me for you to make the word of God fully known, v. 26 the mystery that has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been made known to his saints. v. 27 To whom…

Greek colonies that surrounded the Mediterranean and Black Seas were its main trading ports. Built near the shrine of an old Anatolian fertility goddess, Ephesus became the seat of an oriental cult. The Anatolian deity had been taken over by the Greeks under name of Artemis, the Diana of the Romans. There was much trade round about the cult. Ephesus became a place of pilgrimage for tourist-worshipers, all who were eager to carry away talisman and souvenir, hence the prosperous gold guild of the…

sealed for the day of redemption.” Historical The believers in the church of Ephesus were struggling with lying, anger, stealing, unwholesome speech, hard feelings and bitterness. These are things that all Christians have had to deal with but people today tend to over glamorize the early church. In Jewish tradition they would encourage community members not to let anger continue day after day (Arnold, 306). The city of Ephesus during this time definitely had a disease of sensual…

In The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare raises the question of, “under what situations do people get confused and allow their perception to be easily overcome?” This question is answered by the themes of understanding versus the senses and the theme of suffering. Throughout The Comedy of Errors many characters wind up in highly emotional and suspicious situations. These situations lead to the characters’ perceptions to become overcome due to the confusion they develop. In a similar fashion,…

2.0 Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10 Our life before Christ and after Christ, we were dead in sin but made alive in Christ. 2.1. We were dead in our transgressions and sin, this was the state we were in before receiving Christ (1-3) In verse 1 Paul writes ‘As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins’. “The death to which Paul referred was not physical death, as is clear from Paul’s description. Death is a metaphor for the existence of people who are alienated from God. Life is in God…

invitation to the seasonal gladiatorial contest in the city of Pergamum. Calpurnius is a benefactor of the people of Ephesus. He receives the invitation and decides to represent his city, Ephesus. However, a change in plans occur when Calpurnius’s brother son suddenly dies and he has to go to Caesarea to attend to his family. Luke comes into the novel when Calpurinus departs from Ephesus. Therefore, he begins writing to Antipas about Jesus…

Diana’s recognition becomes named in the New Testament during the Apostle Paul’s travels around A.D. 53-58 in Ephesus, spreading the gospel for close to three years. In particular, the Bible speaks of how powerful goddess worship became during the time of Jesus as experienced through Paul’s confrontation with the local townspeople regarding the goddess Diana. In Ephesus, craftsmen quarreled to the authorities regarding Paul’s…