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The theater at Ephesus. It seated about 30,000 people (32,000 attended a Sting concert here in 1993). St. Paul the evangelist stood at this spot and spoke to the Ephesians. Local history tells that he barely escaped with his life after a local vendor started a riot. Paul's evangelizing was threatening to lower sales of idols of local gods, and the vendor led a mob to try and kill him. After escaping with the aid of some Christian soldiers, Paul never returned to Ephesus, instead writing letters to the Ephesians. St. John lived and died here in Ephesus, with a large Basilica built in his and Mary's honor.
