The 3rd Missionary Journey

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Acts 19
The 3rd Missionary Journey
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2nd Journey
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Pauls 3rd Missionary Journey
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Arrival in Ephesus

• Disciples (1)
• Holy Spirit at baptism?
• Johns baptism (3,4 John 16-9, 15-27, 322-30)

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Arrival in Ephesus

• 12 Men were baptized into Christ (5)
• Paul placed his hands on them (6, 817)

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Synagogue Preaching

• Spoke boldly for 3 months (8)
• Paul left and went to lecture hall of Tyrannus
  (Tyrant) for 2 years. (2031)

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This went on for two years, so that all the Jews
and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia
heard the word of the Lord. (10)
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Ephesian Miracles

• Athens Philosophy Ephesus Magic
• Paul performed many miracles there
• Jews were well-known exorcists.

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Ephesian Miracles

• In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I
  command you to come out! (13)
• 7 sons of Sceva, a Jewish Chief Priest (We know
  of no such real chief priest)

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Ephesian Miracles

• Overpowered them and beat them up!
• Exorcism ? What Jesus/Paul did
• Message about demons? (Ephesians
  610-20 1 John 44)

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Ephesian Miracles

• Response Seized with fear and honored God (Acts
  511-16)

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Burning Scrolls

• Believers confessed to magic (18)
• Public burning

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Burning Scrolls

• Silver Drachma 1 day wages
• 50,000 Drachmas!

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Burning Scrolls

• How Costas, our Greek guide, said he felt when he
  burned his icons
• Free!

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Travel Plans (21-22)
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• Macedonia
• Achaia
• Jerusalem
• Rome

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1 Corinthians

• A.D. 53 Wrote 1 Corinthians from Ephesus
• Wrote at least 4 Corinthian letters
• Word from Chloes household (111)
• Pauls 1st letter to them (59)

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1 Corinthians

• Their previous letter to Paul (71)
• The Corinthian gift for Judea (161-4) Not in
  Acts!
• Wild beasts in Ephesus (1 Cor.
  1532)
• Christian living in a pagan culture

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• Greek goddess of hunting, love of nature,
  childbirth
• Roman Diana

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• Syncretistic with Cybele, Asian goddess of
  fertility

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Infertility
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Artemis of the Ephesians

• Temple called Artemision
• 4 times larger than Parthenon!
• Largest building in Greek world

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• One of 7 wonders of ancient world
• Made of marble
• Burned in A.D. 262 Destroyed A.D. 401

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• Riot started by Demetrius the silversmith
• 2nd persecution by pagans Money!
• We receive a good living. (25)

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• Seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Pauls companions
• Rushed into the theater
• Paul wanted to go

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• Theater held 24,000
• Officials (Asiarchs) were rich, citizens

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Artemis of the Ephesians

• City Clerk was under Proconsul but over the
  Magistrates
• 2 hours!

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Yassar Arafats Burial
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The gospel (is) powerful in spiritual terms, but
harmless to the political requirements of
Rome. (Gaertner, Acts, p. 312)