What happened in Ephesus?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:23 am
Paul's anachronistic speech to the Ephesians in Acts:
It appears to me that Ephesus was a major Pauline community in the first century, but something happened and the community was destroyed. We know that Ephesus later became associated with John as opposed to Paul. What went on here? This seems to be a key to understanding Christian origins.Acts 20:
25 “And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again. 26 Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. 28 Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son. 29 I know that after I have gone, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.