Riot in Ephesus

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 53

Traditional reckoning

AD 53

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Acts 19:23–41

Who was there, and where?

• Alexander (Jew of Ephesus)
• Aristarchus
• Gaius (of Macedonia)
• Paul
• Demetrius

Where: Asia, Ephesus.

Which verses connect to Acts 19:23?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Acts 19:93 votes

   But 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.

2. Acts 24:223 votes

   Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

3. Acts 9:22 votes

   and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

4. Acts 24:142 votes

   I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

5. 2 Corinthians 1:8–102 votes

   We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. …

6. Acts 18:261 vote

   And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.