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 {For two years} (epi et(8820)duo). Note epi with accusative
for extent of time as in verse  8 , epi m(886e)as treis and often.
But in  20:31  Paul said to the Ephesian elders at Miletus that
he laboured with them for the space of "three years." That may be
a general expression and there was probably a longer period after
the "two years" in the school of Tyrannus besides the six months
in the synagogue. Paul may have preached thereafter in the house
of Aquila and Priscilla for some months, the "for a while" of
verse  22 . {So that all they which dwelt in Asia heard} (h(9373)te
pantas tous katoikountas t(886e) Asian akousai). Actual result with
h(9373)te and the infinitive with accusative of general reference
as is common (also verse  11 ) in the _Koin(825f) (Robertson,
_Grammar_, pp. 999f.). Paul apparently remained in Ephesus, but
the gospel spread all over the province even to the Lycus Valley
including the rest of the seven churches of  Re 1:11  2  3 .
Demetrius in verse  26  will confirm the tremendous influence of
Paul's ministry in Ephesus on Asia. Forty years after this Pliny
in his famous letter to Trajan from Bithynia will say of
Christianity: "For the contagion of this superstition has not
only spread through cities, but also through villages and country
places." It was during these years in Ephesus that Paul was
greatly disturbed over the troubles in the Corinthian Church. He
apparently wrote a letter to them now lost to us ( 1Co 5:9 ),
received messages from the household of Chloe, a letter from the
church, special messengers, sent Timothy, then Titus, may have
made a hurried trip himself, wrote our First Corinthians, was
planning to go after the return of Titus to Troas where he was to
meet him after Pentecost, when all of a sudden the uproar raised
by Demetrius hurried Paul away sooner than he had planned.
Meanwhile Apollos had returned from Corinth to Ephesus and
refused to go back ( 1Co 16:12 ). Paul doubtless had helpers like
Epaphras and Philemon who carried the message over the province
of Asia, Tychicus, and Trophimus of Asia who were with him on the
last visit to Jerusalem (verses  22,29  20:4 ). Paul's message
reached Greeks, not merely Hellenists and God-fearers, but some
of the Greeks in the upper circles of life in Ephesus.

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