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Now, in Ephesus, the main road led directly

to the theater, but in Acts chapter 19 verse 19,

we also find that when people got right with the

Lord, they burned their books. Today we could

say you need to burn your books and your DVDs

and your CDs and many other things to go along

with that. The theater was central in the lives of

ancient Rome, the Roman Empire. When we

talk about Rome and the Roman Empire, we're

not talking about the city of Rome; we're talking

about the entire Mediterranean area, the Roman

Empire. And the Caesars made provisions for

the theater to appease and to satisfy the

people. And, again, there were many theaters

throughout the Empire. It's like today. People

of the ancient world were given to theatrical

entertainment. They wanted to be entertained,

so the government made sure that the people

were entertained, and much of this entertainment

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