What was the official language of the people of Ephesus is what?

Answer 1

Ephesus is situated in Western Turkey.

In the days of Christ, Greek was the common language (the 'lingua franca') of the day, much like English is the common language of the internet today. In fact, Greek was the international language used across the Roman Empire, despite the 'official' language being Latin (although this was used only in Italy). This is why the gospels were originally written in Greek.

Nowadays, the language spoken in the Ephesus area is Turkish.

Answer 2

When Paul was a Missionary, the official language was Greek. :)

Answer 3

Ephesus was a Greek city-state, and so its language was Greek. However the official language of the Persian Empire was Aramaic, so this was also a lingua franca language spoken.