Ephesus” (4:12), probably to attend to the interests of the church there.
Ephesus is twice mentioned in the Apocalypse (1:11; 2:1).
The apostle John, according to tradition, spent many years in Ephesus,
where he died and was buried.
A part of the site of this once famous city is now occupied by a small
Turkish village, Ayasaluk, which is regarded as a corruption of the two
Greek words, hagios theologos; i.e., “the holy divine.”
- EPHOD something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high
priest (Exodus 28:4), afterwards by the ordinary priest (1 Samuel 22:18),
and characteristic of his office (1 Samuel 2:18, 28; 14:3). It was worn by
Samuel, and also by David (2 Samuel 6:14). It was made of fine linen, and
consisted of two pieces, which hung from the neck, and covered both the
back and front, above the tunic and outer garment (Exodus 28:31). That of
the high priest was embroidered with divers colours. The two pieces were
joined together over the shoulders (hence in Latin called superhumerale) by
clasps or buckles of gold or precious stones, and fastened round the waist
by a “curious girdle of gold, blue, purple, and fine twined linen” (28:6-12).
The breastplate, with the Urim and Thummim, was attached to the ephod.