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CHAPTER VI.
The Christian Antiquities of Ephesus.
In order to understand the ruins of Christian buildings
at Ephesus, it is necessary to trace briefly the origin and
progress of Christianity in that city. Now we know
from Bible testimony that Ephesus was one of the seven
cities in Asia Minor, where Christian churches were
established in early Christian times; and that even before
St. Paul's conversion, which took place A.D. 36, there
were many Christians in these cities, as well as in Judaa
and Galilee, and in Samaria, in which places we are
told the churches had rest on the suspension of that
relentless and uncompromising persecution of which
Saul of Tarsus had put himself at the head. Paul's
first visit to Ephesus was with Priscilla and Aquila,
who accompanied him thus far on his journey from
Corinth to Jerusalem ; on this occasion, short as his
visit was, he went into the synagogue and reasoned
with the Jews; but he probably remained at Ephesus
only for a single day, or only during the short time
that the vessel he sailed in discharged part of its cargo.
(See Acts xviii. 18-28 and ix. 31.)
The nineteenth chapter of the Acts gives a most graphic
and interesting account of St. Paul's success at Ephesus
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The Christian Antiquities of Ephesus.
In order to understand the ruins of Christian buildings
at Ephesus, it is necessary to trace briefly the origin and
progress of Christianity in that city. Now we know
from Bible testimony that Ephesus was one of the seven
cities in Asia Minor, where Christian churches were
established in early Christian times; and that even before
St. Paul's conversion, which took place A.D. 36, there
were many Christians in these cities, as well as in Judaa
and Galilee, and in Samaria, in which places we are
told the churches had rest on the suspension of that
relentless and uncompromising persecution of which
Saul of Tarsus had put himself at the head. Paul's
first visit to Ephesus was with Priscilla and Aquila,
who accompanied him thus far on his journey from
Corinth to Jerusalem ; on this occasion, short as his
visit was, he went into the synagogue and reasoned
with the Jews; but he probably remained at Ephesus
only for a single day, or only during the short time
that the vessel he sailed in discharged part of its cargo.
(See Acts xviii. 18-28 and ix. 31.)
The nineteenth chapter of the Acts gives a most graphic
and interesting account of St. Paul's success at Ephesus
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