‘And this continued for the space of two years, so that all those who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.'

The move was successful and, far from hindering the church, resulted within two years in the spreading of ‘the word of the Lord' throughout the whole of Asia Minor, among both Jews and Gentiles. ‘All those' is an exaggeration indicating the widespread nature of the spreading of the word. From this evangelism would arise the ‘seven churches of Asia' to which John writes in Revelation. Also established would be churches at Laodicea, Colossae and Hierapolis, although not by Paul himself (Colossians 2:1). It was indeed a great door that had been opened.

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