Paul Ministers in Ephesus
Paul enters the synagogue and speaks boldly for three months, reasoning persuasively about the kingdom of God. When some grow stubborn and publicly malign the Way, he withdraws with the disciples and holds daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus for two years, until everyone in Asia hears the word of the Lord.
T8hen Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
Verse 8Paul goes into the synagogue and speaks boldly there for three months, reasoning persuasively about the kingdom of God.
It opens Paul's long Ephesian ministry in the synagogue.
Verse 9When some become stubborn, refuse to believe, and publicly malign the Way, Paul withdraws with the disciples and conducts daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
It shifts the work into a new setting under resistance.
Verse 10This continues for two years, so that all who live in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, hear the word of the Lord.
It gives the broad reach of the Ephesian ministry.
God works extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even cloths that have touched him are carried to the sick and diseases and evil spirits leave them.
11God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul, 12so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
Verse 11God does extraordinary miracles through Paul's hands.
It introduces the remarkable signs accompanying the ministry.
Verse 12Even cloths that touched Paul are taken to the sick, and diseases and evil spirits leave them.
It describes the unusual extent of those miracles.
A quiet block diagram: each row is one authored paragraph movement, with verse numbers kept visible for scanning and deeper work.
- vv. 8-10
Paul enters the synagogue and speaks boldly for three months, reasoning persuasively about the kingdom of God. When some grow stubborn and publicly malign the Way, he withdraws with the disciples and holds daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus for two years, until everyone in Asia hears the word of the Lord.
The paragraph shows Ephesus becoming a sustained teaching center beyond the synagogue. - vv. 11-12
God works extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even cloths that have touched him are carried to the sick and diseases and evil spirits leave them.
The paragraph shows the word's spread joined to unusual signs.