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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (DISTURBANCE AT THE THEATER)

July 27, 2022Uncategorized25, 25000, amphitheaters, ancient, archaeologists, Aristarchus, athens, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, built, Christ, city, Companion, corinth, curiosities, customs, Demetrius, Gaius, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, new testament, paul, Pergamos, Philippi, roman, row, seats, stadium, theater, warabarkley8

The riot inspired by Demetrius spilled over into the entire city. The people gathered at the amphitheater to join in the demonstration.

The Roman theater at Ephesus has been unearthed by archaeologists. Built similar to a modern stadium, it had row upon row of tiered seats built of stone. It could seat about twenty-five thousand people.

The Roman theater in ancient Ephesus. The citizens of this city rioted when Paul confronted them with God’s Word.

Huge amphitheaters like this were built by the Greeks and Roman throughout the ancient world. Others have been discovered at Athens, Corinth, Miletus, Pergamos, and Philippi.

ACTS 19:29 – ²⁹And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

BIBLE BOOK OF THE DAY (ZECHARIAH)

July 22, 2021Uncategorized18 years, 25, 25000, 332, 332bc, bood, Christ, church family, december, end time, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's help, grandson, greece, Haggai, Heaven's army, Iraq, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, Lord, main point, Matthew, November, October, Old Testament, Persia, poor, rich, Sin, sinned, sinner, temple, town, writer, Zechariahabarkley8

Most other Bible prophets lived before God punished the Jews by exiling them to Assyria and Babylon, in what is now Iraq. So those earlier prophets warned the Jews where they were headed if they didn’t stop sinning. But even those prophets offered hope, promising that God would bring the Jews home one day.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (THEATER)

April 22, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greco-roman, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Paul, prophet, Proverbs, skill, study, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized, work25000, 400 bc, 4000, acts, area, bible definition, bible dictionary, definition, definition of the day, definitions, drama, Ephesus, facade, greco-roman, greeks, high seats, Jewish, jews, large central, local governor, OT, Palestine, paul, ruler, stage, symbol, theater, town, towns, wealthier, wroshipabarkley8

Public drama was apparently unknown in OT Israel except for possible worship activities and only arrived with the Greeks after 400 B.C. As a symbol of Greco-Roman culture, the presence of theaters in Palestine was a constant reminder of Greek and Roman control of the Jewish state.

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