Scripture for Today, 12-2-19: Ephesus

"EPHESUS" occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the Holy Bible’s New Testament

Archaeology Continues to Confirm Bible
4-6-18, Faith enforced and assured by the number of persons and locations identified in the biblical record by archaeological finds. (See 53 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically, Biblical Archaeology Society, April 12, 2017)

​Excavations in Ephesus, Turkey
The excavations of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Ephesus, Turkey began in 1895 under Otto Benndorf. He received permission to excavate from the Ottoman Sultan, and brought up a good part of Ephesus in the course of his research. One site is the Temple of Artemis where 36 columns once stood in 6th Century BC [before Christ]; surely the Apostle Paul preached here. 

​Six Archaeological Discoveries That Support the Bible
Beliefnet.com -- Archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land add to the ever increasing pile of evidence that the people, locations & events in the Bible are fact. Many of the locations of missionary journeys are located in the current nation of Turkey. There are seventeen mentions of Ephesus in the New Testament as follows:

1. Act 18:19 - And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
2. Act 18:21 - But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
3. Act 18:24 - And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
4. Act 19:1 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples.
5. Act 19:17 - And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
6. Act 19:26 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
7. Act 19:35 - And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
8. Act 20:16 - For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
9. Act 20:17 - And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
10. 1Co 15:32 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.
11. 1Co 16:8 - But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
12. Eph 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
13. 1Ti 1:3 - As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine.
14. 2Ti 1:18 - The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
15. 2Ti 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
16. Rev 1:11 - Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
17. Rev 2:1 – Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.

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More here: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/austria-and-turkey-are-butting-heads-over-archaeological-dig-180960379/ and here
www.ephesus.us/ephesus/templeofartemis.htm