a situation that obtained in Rome but not in Caesarea, where he had to appeal to Nero to secure justice. In Ephesians Paul extends and expands the thought of Colossians. So if Paul was in prison in Rome when he wrote Ephesians, we can assign the date within the span of AD 60–62.29 This option seems most likely, though certainty eludes us. Again, not much in the interpretation of the letter hinges on a precise determination of its date of origin. Arriving at Paul’s reason