8 million people live in the vibrant, modern city of Izmir (ancient Smyrna) Watch Video Clip Myrrh, one of the gifts brought to Jesus by wisemen from the East, is a resin from myrrh trees. Smyrna got it’s name from these trees, but very few remain after industrialization. Watch Video Clip Smyrna is also the […]

This site is reported house of Mary the mother of Jesus. Tradition suggests she spent her last years here. Watch Video Clip

The great theatre of Ephesus is impressive, but it would not have been around when Paul was here. Watch Video Clip A Roman prison was located on the top of this hill. We don’t have record of Paul being imprisoned there but some tradition and maps indicate it as “the prison of the Apostle Paul”. […]

Luke, a physician, likely would have studied at this Greek structure (it was a medical school). Watch Video Clip In some of the ruins you can see carved bulls which are traditional symbols for saint Luke. Watch Video Clip Just beyond the great marketplace was the harbour. Many stores line this commercial space. Watch Video […]

View of the main street Watch Video Clip Arches of a Roman bath at the upper entrance to the city of Ephesus. Watch Video Clip Looking around the public courtyard you can see remains of plumbing pipes, columns and where the administrative building was located. Watch Video Clip 1400 people could sit in the town […]

The immense temple of Diana was one of the great wonders of the ancient world, but there’s not much left. In the distance you can see the church of St. John, which is built over his tomb. Watch Video Clip In Acts chapter 19 we read about a riot that was started by a silversmith […]

The main entrance and main street of Laodicea. Watch Video Clip Roman stores along the road, and a table with two seats where you could sit and play an old Roman game. Watch Video Clip Here you can see one of the intersections off the main street, which runs downhill. The streets are hollow underneath […]

The whole area around the city of Hierapolis is filled with calcium-rich hot springs. You can see some wall ruins in the background. Watch Video Clip Another look at the pools at the hot springs. The water is not too hot, around 32 degrees. Watch Video Clip Earthquakes caused a lot of devastation around Hierapolis. […]

What remains of the Church of St. John site. Watch Video Clip You can see on this map that we have travelled south from Thyatira, through Sardis to Philadelphia.

Old Sardis was built on the East-West trade route, a part of the Roman road. You can see where shops were built along the road, and understand why Sardis was a wealthy city. Watch Video Clip The courtyard of the grand synagogue in Sardis (Second Century). A great facility built by the Romans, it included […]