# Ephesus

Asia · today Selçuk

Capital of the province of Asia and home of the temple of Artemis. Paul stays here longer than anywhere else, and the city reacts.

## Ancient names

- ʾfss: Aramaic
- Ἔφεσος (Ephesos): Greek
- Ephesus: Latin
- Apaša: Hittite

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599612).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i71c678.jpg (Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Fa%C3%A7ade.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 18:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/19
- **Acts 18:21** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/21
- **Acts 18:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/24
- **Acts 18:27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/27
- **Acts 19:1-20** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/1
- **Acts 19:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/1
- **Acts 19:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/17
- **Acts 19:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/23
- **Acts 19:26** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/26
- **Acts 19:35** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/35
- **Acts 20:16-17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/16
- **Acts 21:29** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/29
- **1 Corinthians 15:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/15/32
- **1 Corinthians 16:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/16/8
- **Ephesians 1:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/1/1
- **1 Timothy 1:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/1/3
- **2 Timothy 1:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/1/18
- **2 Timothy 4:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/4/12
- **Revelation 1:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/11
- **Revelation 2:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/2/1

## Coordinates

37.9391, 27.3407

## Straight-line distances

- **Miletus**: about 28 mi (46 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Sardis**: about 54 mi (86 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot
- **Philadelphia**: about 70 mi (110 km) in a straight line, 5 days on foot
- **Pergamum**: about 83 mi (130 km) in a straight line, 6 days on foot
- **Laodicea**: about 97 mi (160 km) in a straight line, 7 days on foot
- **Corinth**: about 240 mi (390 km) in a straight line, 17 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 620 mi (990 km) in a straight line

## In the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 2nd journey (Acts 18:19-21); 3rd journey (Acts 19:1-41). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo
- **The seven churches**: the letters (Revelation 2:1-7). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/sete-igrejas

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ephesus
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).