Whether he literally visited every house, as this scholar claims, or not, Paul did not want the Ephesian elders to forget how he had borne witness and with what result.
وَهذَا يُشَكِّلُ أَسَاسًا مِنَ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةِ لِلتَّبْشِيرِ مِنْ بَيْتٍ إِلَى بَيْتٍ ،‏ وَكَذلِكَ لِلتَّبْشِيرِ فِي ٱلتَّجَمُّعَاتِ ٱلْعَامَّةِ » .‏