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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Only mentioned in Acts 19:29,31 . The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Theatre'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​t/theatre.html. 1897.
 
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