THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY

VII

Prof. M. M.
Ninan
Acts 18:23-
21-14
three main parts –

The Ephesus phase, where he

worked for two years,

The Macedonian and Corinth phase

Return journey to Jerusalem

Paul begins his third tour--Acts 18:23

Act 18:23 And having spent some time there,

he departed, and went through the region of
Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all
the disciples.
Meets Apollos--Acts 18:24-25
Acts 18:24-28 Apollos taught by
Aquilla and Priscilla

Theologian, Debater
and Evangelist
Acts
18:24-28
 Paul spends about three years at
Ephesus--Acts 19:1-41

Meeting the Johananites

Apollos was a Johannanite

who became a Christian
He became a powerful tool in the spread of Gospel in
later years:
1 Cor. 1:12 1 Cor. 3:4-6 1 Cor. 3:22 1 Cor.
4:6 1 Cor. 16:12
Jerome
Titus 3:13mentions that Apollos remained in
Crete until he had heard that the divisions in
Corinth had been healed, and that he returned
and became bishop of that city. There is also a
 ancient Greek city of Asia Minor, near the mouth
of the Caýster River (modern Küçük Menderes), in
what is today W Turkey, S of Smyrna (now Izmir).

One of the greatest of the Ionian cities, it became

the leading seaport of the region.

Its wealth was proverbial.

Ephesus was the world capital of the slave trade.

ThIS Greek city was near an old center of
worship of a native nature goddess, who was
equated with the Greek Artemis, and c.550 B.C.
a large temple was built. To this Croesus, who
captured the city, contributed. From Lydian
control Ephesus passed to the Persian Empire.
The temple was burned down in the 4th cent.
B.C., but rebuilding was begun before Alexander
the Great took Ephesus in 334.
The city continued to thrive during the wars of
his successors, and after it passed (133) to the
Romans it kept its hegemony and was the
leading city of the province of Asia. The great
temple of Artemis, or Artemision, called by the
Romans the temple of Diana, was considered
one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
From c.100 B.C. to c.A.D. 100 The city was
 Artist's conception of the
Artemision, the Temple of Artemis
at Ephesus, one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World.
Along Curetes Street looking
west. This section was
restricted to pedestrians
only. It was once part of the
Sacred Way leading to the
Temple of Artemis, one of
the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World.

Remains of small covered

theater (odeum) for public
performances; also the meeting
place of the Ephesus city
 Town Hall (Prythaneion)
where members of the
city's wealthy families
performed ceremonial and
religious functions.

Statue of Artemis Ephesia, dating to

reign of Hadrian, flanked by
headless figures of two fawns
symbolizing her role as mistress of
animals. It was found with a similar
Artemis statue in the Town Hall on
Curetes Street. Apparently they had
been buried to keep them from
being destroyed by Christians. The
many breasts or eggs on her chest
symbolize her great fertility (now in
 Site of the "Temple of
Domitian" built for the
worship of the deified
emperors Vespasian and his
two sons Titus and Domitian.
It was located on the west
Large marble head and side of of
arm the State Agora.
a statue that once stood in the
"Domitian" temple. it depicts
Domitian's brother Titus who
destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD.
Titus was named emperor to
succeed his father, Vespasian,
in 79 AD. Upon his death in 81
AD, he was deified by the
Roman senate. He was
succeeded by his brother
 Trajan Fountain dedicated to the
emperor Trajan. (The slope of Mt.
Pion is behind.)

Temple of Hadrian, the second

in Ephesus dedicated to a
deified emperor. Note the
square pedestals in front that
once held statues of four other
emperors. Looking west along Curetes
Street toward the Library of
Celcus. On the left are the so-
called "Houses on the Slope," a
cluster of ritzy town homes. From
the plaza in front of the library,
 Interior of the one of the "Houses
on the Slope" that once belonged
to a wealthy citizen of the city.

Library of Celsus at the

junction of Curetes Street
and Marble Way. The gate
just visible to the right led to
the Commercial Agora, the
city marketplace.

Footprint etched in a paving

stone along Marble Way
advertising a brothel near the
 Sitting in the Great Theater,
looking west, with Arcadian Way
leading to the now silted-up
harbor (the light area at the base
of the distant peak).

Walking west along Arcadian Way

toward the former harbor area.

Commercial agora (marketplace)

of Ephesus, a large square area
surrounded on all sides by
colonnades and shops, located
near the harbor. The facade of
the Library of Celsus is seen in
Commercial agora (marketplace)
of Ephesus, a large square area
surrounded on all sides by
colonnades and shops, located
near the harbor. The facade of the
Library of Celsus is seen in the
background. It was reconstructed
in Corinthian style in the 3rd
century AD.
This large open market area was
known as the "Square Agora"
(from Greek "to gather") because
its sides measured 360 feet long.
It was surrounded on all sides by
colonnades with two aisles behind
which were shops, about 40 feet
deep. It was the center of the
commercial world in Ephesus. In
addition to the marketing of goods
there was also a slave market of
beautiful girls brought from
different places by sea. A water-
clock and a sundial stood in the
center. It is quite possible that
 The site of the Temple of Artemis
as it appears today. All that
remains is a single restored
column in a field littered with
marble remnants. Modern Selcuk
and Ayasuluk Hill are in the
background.

Part of the ruins of the

Church of St. John on
Ayasuluk Hill, the later site of
Ephesus.

Paul preaches the Gospel in Ephesus:

(The account of Paul's stay in Ephesus is found
in Acts 19:1-20:1)
 Ephesus Prison
According to the apocryphal Acts of Paul in the
Ephesus the furious population 'put Paul's feet into
irons, and shut him up in the prison, till he should be
exposed as a prey to the lions.
Images of Ephesus
Images of Ephesus
Images of Ephesus
Act 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was
at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper
country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:
Act 19:2 and he said unto them, Did ye receive the
Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said unto him,
Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy
Spirit was given.
Act 19:3 And he said, Into what then were ye
baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Act 19:4 And Paul said, John baptized with the
baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that
they should believe on him that should come after
him, that is, on Jesus.
.
Act 19:5 And when they heard this, they were
baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus
Act 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon
them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake
with tongues, and prophesied.
Act 19:7 And they were in all about twelve men.
Meets Mandaen
(Nazarene) Group
"Into John's baptism."
The Children of
Light
The Nazarenes
(Mandaens or
Subha)
of
Mandaens are a
Gnostic group.

John the Baptizer

 This is one group of the surving John
In The Name of the Great
Gnostics

Life
Diffuse thy who love
light over thy name of
all Truth
Immerse
yourselves and
purify
yourselves.

Manda-d-Hiia
will be your
helper
My sign is a Jordan
of living water
 Ye are set up and raised up into the Place of the Good. Established amongst
manas of light are these souls which went down to the Jordan and were
baptised and those of our fathers and teachers and of our brothers and sisters
who have departed the body and those who are still in the body.
And when thou puttest forth thy right hand in Kušta , thou
puttest it in my right hand, Mara-d-Rabuta’s, for I am the Soul
which imparteth strength to kings and lendeth its (strength)
to mysteries
 To my Chosen do I
call,
to my Plants

Who stand by the

Jordan.
I say to them,

“My children who walk

in my road,

My children who
follow my road,

Swerve not from it or

 In great radiance am I immersed and in steadfast light am I
established. Manda-d-Hiia baptised me, Kušta confirmed me
The Good sits there and teaches his sons all
truth, in which is no error
The Good sit there and are in search; and all
who are understanding let themselves be
instructed.
The Good speak and let themselves be
instructed.
 A white standard was for her unfurled and a book stood upright on her lap.
She reads in the Books of Truth and rouses all worlds from their sleep. She
holds in her hand the staff of Life's water; the girdle is bound round her loins.
Go in Peace chosen, pure and guiltless ones
Like the myrtle that is in thy right hand
Thy Root shall flourish
Like the root of fresh myrtle:
And thou shalt have strength and increase
The Plants rejoice and flourish
In the perfume of Manda-d-Hiia
Which breatheth upon them.
Great is the strength of Life
Be to me Life in life: give me to drink
of freshly-flowing Water of Life
So shall the progeny of Adam will increase

His race, his plantings, and his disciples

 "Drink! and be healed and be strengthened!

The name of the Life and the name of Manda-d-Hiia

have been pronounced upon thee".
 Hail to him who receives the Truth after
thee Adam gave ear and had faith. Hail to
him who gives ear after thee and has faith!
Adam received the Truth. Hail to him!
I created the water-streams of the
yardna in which the souls are
baptised
Come go down to the Jordan and be
baptized
Thou hast shown us that which the eye of man hath not seen,
and caused us to hear that which human ear has not heard.

Thou hast freed us from death and united us with life, released
us from darkness and united us with light, led us out of evil and
joined us to good.

Thou hast shown us the Way of

Life and hast guided our feet into
ways of truth and faith so that Life
cometh and expelleth darkness and
goodness cometh and casteth out evil.
On the day that
Sislam-Rba shook
out the banner Pirun

And unfurled it at
the
head of the skinta,

Its glory shone out

over Wellspring and
Palm tree.
How lovely are the plants which the
Jordan hath planted
I rejoice in my priests

And in Nasoraeans
who hearken to my
converse.

I rejoice in you, my
priests,

For ye have not

changed my pure
Every Nasoraean man who is righteous and believing, on arising
from sleep, must take a white turban symbolising the great
mystery of radiance, fight and glory
"What did thy Father do for thee, Soul,

The great day on which thou wast

raised up?”

"He took me down to the Jordan,

planted me,

Took me up and stood me upon its bank.

He broke and gave me bread,

Blessed the cup and gave me thereof

to drink.

He placed me between his knees

And pronounced over me the name

of the Mighty Life.
In the name of the
Great Life!

May my thought,
knowledge and
understanding be
enlightened
 The Chosen Righteous
rose to their feet

And grasped thee with

their right hands.

They went to the Jordan

of living water

And set thee up,

so that thy radiancy

Might be shed on the Jordan.

 In the name of the great Life!

The time, the time for devotions arriveth

The time of the Lord of Prayer hath come.

 "In the name of Life! Let every man whose strength enableth
him and who loveth his soul, come and go down to the Jordan
and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign; put on robes of
radiant light and set a fresh wreath on his head".
He took me down to the Jordan

and planted me

and took me up

and stood me on it’s bank

 By the bank of the great Jordan of the First Life,
A sublime Vine standeth erect.
Each and every day my prayer and praiseriseth before it.
Praised art thou, Jordan of living water,
for from thee we obtain purity;
We obtain purity from thee
and receive the pure sign.
They gave me two twigs
of myrtle

From which they twisted a

wreath for the Jordan.

Its tendrils shine and its

perfume is sweet, for they
wither not nor do they
come apart, and its
leaves do not fall off.
Thou, poor one, with thy children
Thine offspring and thy priest
Shalt rise and thou wilt behold
The Place of Light
In the Name of the
Great Life, from
worlds of light, the
Ineffable who is
above all works, be
there health, purity,
strength, soundness,
speech and a
hearing, joy of heart
and forgiving of sins
for me
The Mandaic "Book of John" consists of 76 Chapters
and is a collection of diverse texts from different
phases of Nazorean history. It has various oral and
written traditions about John the Baptist. It also
contains information about the creation of the
earth and other cosmological events. It is called
the “Sidra d Yahya” (Book of John) or “Drashe d
Malke (Discourse of the Celestial Kings) in Aramaic.
It is composed of 37 separate tractates, many of
which may be unamed and lost discourses of Yeshu
(Jesus) the Nazorean! The text also preserves
information about Miryai, the marriage partner of
Yeshua. It is 245 pages in length.
The Nasaraeans and their B'nei-Aumen
Order had no intentions on the main
Jerusalem Temple or in restoring its
animal sacrifice cult, and they are not
connected in any way to the creators of
the Dead Sea Scrolls. In fact, Nasorenes
abhorred all animal sacrifice and rejected,
as forgeries and fictions, all Jewish
scriptures that encourage such barbaric
practices. Nasaraean B'nei-Aumen  also
had a different calendar than the Qumran
Scroll's  B'nei-Zadok, a different set of
scriptures, a different "Teachers of
Righteousness", and a different and more
positive attitude toward marriage and
It was into the ancient and mystical B'nei-
Aumen Order of the Nasaraeans that Yeshu
(Jesus) the Messiah  was born - as it is
written:
"He shall be called a Nasorene!" (Matthew
2:23).
This Bnei-Aumen Order (also called the
"Kingdom of Heaven" in New Testament
writings) was the advanced level of the
Nasaraean Covenant which brought forth
the "Chosen Ones" through special pure
and undefiled marriages, and is that
advanced level of truth which Yeshu and
Miryai have again sought to restore to the
earth as a means of bringing in advanced
And Life is Victorious