High confidence

Modern identification

Ephesus near Selcuk - Izmir Province, Turkey

Coordinates37.9391, 27.3407

Kindsettlement

Claims7

Sources3

Scripture anchors

Acts 19Ephesians 1:1Revelation 2:1-7Acts 18:19Acts 18:21Acts 18:24Acts 18:27Acts 19:1Acts 19:17Acts 19:23Acts 19:26Acts 19:35Acts 20:16Acts 20:17Acts 21:291 Cor 15:321 Cor 16:8Eph 1:11 Tim 1:32 Tim 1:182 Tim 4:12Rev 1:11Rev 2:1

Why this place is in the atlas

Major Pauline ministry center and one of the seven churches of Revelation.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Ephesus Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High

summary.en Major Pauline ministry center and one of the seven churches of Revelation. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a5feb15, urlSlug: ephesus, friendlyId: Ephesus OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High

identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 37.939125, longitude: 27.3407, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High

identifications[0].modernRegion Izmir Province Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High

scriptureReferences Acts 19, Ephesians 1:1, Revelation 2:1-7, Acts 18:19 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High

temporalScopes c. AD 50s: Paul ministers in Ephesus, c. AD 90s: Revelation address Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium