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AuthorAndrew Wommack
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Colosse was close to Hierapolis (Col 4:13) and Laodicea, both of
which are mentioned in the New Testament. Colosse was known
as a prosperous city as early as the fifth century B.C., but by the
start of the Christian era, it was beginning to be eclipsed by its
In A.D. 61, the cities of the Lycus Valley suffered a devastating
earthquake. Laodicea, which is mentioned four times in this letter
(Col 2:1; 4:13, and 15-16) and twice in the book of Revelation
(Re 1:11 and 3:14), suffered the greatest damage. They rebuilt the
cities, but Colosse was increasingly overshadowed by Laodicea
and Hierapolis. However, it retained considerable importance into
the second and third centuries A.D. Later, the population of
Colosse moved to Chonae (modern Honaz), three miles to the
There is no mention in the book of Acts that Paul ever went to the
city of Colosse, a city of Asia Minor (see note 3 at Ac 16:6). In
fact, Paul mentioned in Col 2:1 that the people of Colosse had not
seen his face. Therefore, it can be assumed that the Colossians
were some of those to whom the Gospel had been taken while
Paul preached in Ephesus for three years (Ac 20:17 and 31). Ac
19:10 says that the Gospel spread from Ephesus (Ac 19:1) into all
Since Ephesus was a capital city, the Colossians would have done
business there, and the Ephesians would have traveled to Colosse
as well. It appears that Epaphras, who was from Colosse (Col
4:12), was a convert of Paul's preaching in Ephesus. He returned
home to Colosse and shared the Gospel with others, thus
beginning the church there (Col 1:7)