Ephesus: the theatre, the temple, and the silversmiths
The theatre, the cult, the officials called asiarchs and the silversmith trade in Acts 19 are all attested at Ephesus.
Fakapapau'i 'e he keliFeitu'u kuo keli1st century AD
The theatre where Acts sets the riot still stands, seating some 25,000. The temple of Artemis has been located and its scale confirmed. Inscriptions from the city name the asiarchs, mention the temple wardenship, and attest silver shrine-makers of Artemis as a trade.
…the whole city was filled with confusion… they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- Ephesus, Turkey, 1869 — John Turtle Wood and later Austrian excavations
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- In place; finds in the Ephesus Museum, British Museum and Vienna
- Lea
- Greek
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
The setting is confirmed in detail; the riot itself is not independently recorded.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
Ephesus is one of the most extensively excavated Roman cities; none of this depends on the biblical text.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
- Trebilco, The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius (2004)
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.