Acts Bible Study: Day 29 Today’s passage: Acts 19:1 to Acts 20:1 Focus verse: When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. (Acts 19:6) Next Paul heads to Ephesus. He finds a dozen believers there but is shocked that they haven’t received the gift […]
Paul travels to Ephesus to help the believers there and spread the word about Jesus. Paul stays there for a couple years. First, he preaches with boldness in the synagogue, and later he leads discussions in a lecture hall. Under God’s power, Paul performs some amazing miracles. As Paul prepares to leave Ephesus, a tradesman […]
The people in Ephesus worship the goddess Artemis. Though history tells us much about her, the Bible doesn’t. Looking only at the biblical text, we see her as a character of mythological stature, either a complete work of fiction or a blatant distortion of someone who once was. The people have elevated her to the […]