Online Journal Article: "The Case Of The Imprisonment That Did Not Happen: Paul At Ephesus" JETS 60/3 (2017): 525–32

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JETS 60/3 (2017): 525–32
THE CASE OF THE IMPRISONMENT THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN: PAUL AT EPHESUS
by BEN WITHERINGTON III
Abstract: While various scholars of late have been proffering the theory that the Captivity
Epistles were written while Paul was in prison in Ephesus, there are numerous reasons why
this explanation of the situation does not work, not least because Paul was a Roman citizen
and there are no texts inside or outside the NT which say Paul was ever imprisoned in Ephesus. The traditional locale for Paul's house arrest and his writing of the Captivity Epistles
(Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians), namely Rome, is reaffirmed, as is the date
sometime in the early AD 60s.
Key words: imprisonment, house arrest, Roman citizen, “wild beasts,” Roman law