Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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WRITTEN POSSIBLY DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT
AT ROME, ABOUT. 61 A.D.
Ephesus was a busy seaport and the chief city of Roman
Asia. In it stood the famous temple of Diana. St. Paul's
visit to Ephesus is recorded in the Acts (Chapter 19) and
lasted for more than two years. His stay there was eventful;
and, when it came to an end, the Apostle went to Greece, and
then returned, by way of Miletus, to Jerusalem. Shortly
afterwards he was arrested, on the complaint of the Jews,
and taken to Caesarea (Acts 23. 23), and from there to Rome
(Acts 28. 16). From one of these places—probably the latter—
he may have written the present Letter.
The genuineness of this Letter has been frequently assailed,
but it may, with some confidence, be attributed to the Apostle
himself. It appears to have been a circular letter addressed,
not merely to the Christians of Ephesus, but also to the other
Churches in Roman Asia; indeed, it was also known as
“The Letter to Laodicea,” and may be the letter referred to in
Colossians 4. 16. In it the Apostle is not so much replying
to arguments hostile to Christianity, as developing, upon
lines similar to those laid down in the Letter to the Colossians,
his conception of the unity of all Christians in the Christ, the
invisible Head of their one Society.
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TO THE EPHESIANS.
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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