{Mightily} (kata kratos). According to strength. Only
here in N.T., common military term in Thucydides. Such proof of a
change counted. {Grew and prevailed} ((8875)xanen kai ischuen).
Imperfect actives, kept growing and gaining strength. It was a
day of triumph for Christ in Ephesus, this city of vast wealth
and superstition. Ephesus for centuries will be one of the
centres of Christian power. Timothy will come here and John the
Apostle and Polycarp and Irenaeus.