Ephesus

While in Turkey we took a side trip to Izmir, the location of the ancient city of Ephesus. Click HERE to see a short video. This was an amazing trip for me personally. To be able to stand in the theater where Paul desired to address the 24,000 capacity crowd, but was talked out of it (read Acts 18-20) by his friends was great. To be able to walk the roads where Bible characters like Paul, Luke and John walked; to hear stories of both Greek and Roman customs and laws made my mind race back in time.

At present only 15% of the city has been escavated, yet even at that, there was much to see. The library, as seen here, was the third largest library at that time in all of Asia. This is probably one of the most photographed sceens at Ephesus, yet pictures far short in doing justice to the magnitude of the architecture of this place. It is beyond imagination that a place as magnificant and huge as this could be built in the first place, yet alone without the modern technology we have today.

The carvings in the stone, still clearly visible, tells of the craft- manship of the designers and workers. This was indeed the trip of a lifetime for me. I shall never forget this day as long as I live. I look forward to making it back to Turkey in the years to come and seeing more of the ancient cities of Bible days.