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Paul’s Last Goodbye to Ephesus Acts 20:13–38 Bible Study (opens the original)
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Paul knows this is goodbye. In Acts 20:13–38 , Paul summons the Ephesian elders to Miletus for one of the most emotional scenes in the Book of Acts — his final farewell to the church he spent three years teaching, serving, warning, and loving. The ship is waiting. Jerusalem lies ahead. Paul knows suffering is coming, and he knows these friends may never see his face again. But before he leaves, Paul tells them what will remain when he is gone: “Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the wor
A Boy Fell 3 Stories During Paul’s Sermon—Then This Happened | Acts 20 (opens the original)
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A young man named Eutychus falls three stories during Paul’s sermon in Acts 20:7–12. But the real story begins after they bring him back alive. Paul preached until midnight. Eutychus fell from the third-story window. Paul went downstairs, embraced him, and declared, “His life is in him.” Then the church did something almost stranger than the miracle: They went back upstairs. They broke bread. They ate together. And Paul kept talking until dawn. In this episode of The Semi-Seminarian , we walk th
The Gospel Cost Them Money — Then Ephesus Exploded | Acts 19 (opens the original)
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“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” In Acts 19:23–41, the gospel reaches deep enough into Ephesus that it begins changing how people spend their money—and Demetrius the silversmith notices. Paul hasn’t organized a boycott. Nobody is attacking the temple of Artemis. People simply encounter the living God and begin losing their appetite for gods made with human hands. Then the receipts start falling. Demetrius gathers the craftsmen. Economic fear becomes religious outrage. Religious outrage becom
Acts 19 Explained: Sons of Sceva & the Faith Darkness Didn’t Recognize (opens the original)
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Acts 19 brings Paul to Ephesus, where twelve disciples receive the Holy Spirit, the sons of Sceva try to use Jesus’ name as a formula, and believers burn a fortune in magical texts. In this Acts 19 Bible study , Pastor Jim Wilhelm follows Luke’s remarkable contrast between incomplete faith and borrowed faith . Apollos was accurate—but unfinished. The disciples Paul meets in Ephesus know only John’s baptism, yet they receive what they had never been told was available. Then the seven sons of Scev
Apollos Was Right—But There Was More Acts 18:24–28 (opens the original)
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Apollos knew Scripture. He preached Jesus accurately. And Priscilla and Aquila still pulled him aside and showed him there was more . In Acts 18:24–28 , Paul leaves Ephesus—but the gospel does not leave with him. Luke stays behind with Apollos, Priscilla, and Aquila , and suddenly we see an early church that no longer depends on one apostle to carry the message. Apollos is not a false teacher. He is gifted, sincere, powerful in the Scriptures—and unfinished. Priscilla and Aquila do not shame him
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